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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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On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:49:55PM -0600, David Lechner wrote:
> 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.
So install it, if you need to do that.
>
>
> 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.
Report it to them. They are the ones doing it wrong. There has been
a better replacement for years.
> Please change gnupg|gnupg2 back to Depends
No.
The Recommends was a compromise already to reduce the impact of the
whole thing. After stretch, we will move it to Suggests. gpg2 is a
beast we don't want to force anyone to have on their system.
This change had to be made at some point, and it will always break
stuff. We did this in May, it was already successfully part of Ubuntu
16.10, and you are only complaining about it 6 months later - that
train has left the station a few months ago (a few months ago we'd
likely have said No as well, though...).
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