Bug#845507: having gnupg as Recommends instead of Depends breaks apt-key and tools that use apt-key
Package: apt
Version: 1.3.1
In apt (1.3~exp1), the following change was made:
* move gnupg|gnupg2 from apt Depends to Recommends
This breaks the apt-key command, which is part of the apt package.
Example:
$ apt-key list
Error: gnupg, gnupg2 and gnupg1 do not seem to be installed,
Error: but apt-key requires gnupg, gnupg2 or gnupg1 for this operation.
This also breaks tools like pbuilder which uses apt-key to add keyrings.
Example:
$ pbuilder <args>
Creating /home/david/pbuilder-ev3dev/debian/base-stretch-armhf.tgz
...
I: adding apt key file /usr/share/keyrings/ev3dev-archive-keyring.gpg.
Error: gnupg, gnupg2 and gnupg1 do not seem to be installed,
Error: but apt-key requires gnupg, gnupg2 or gnupg1 for this operation.
Please change gnupg|gnupg2 back to Depends
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