Julian, I thought doing one update might fix the issue, since nothing else was working, hence --allow-unauthenticated.
I did not install or update anything in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d, or anywhere else similar, so how did it get corrupted? Is there a source issue? Are there automated checks after download? Sorry, I don't understand what "output of file(1)" (or any of your other advice) means. Could I have it in plain English, please? How do I replace the GPG files? The Release.gpg files on mirrors don't import as keys. Thanks, Pete Miller On 23 May 2017 at 16:57, Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:59:32AM +1000, Pete Miller wrote: > > Package: apt > > Version: 1.4.1 > > Severity: important > > Tags: d-i > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > I installed Stretch from the CD image to new physical hardware, and then > > updated the system. I can't remember if errors started straight away, or > took a > > while to manifest. > > > > See this thread for some background: https://lists.debian.org/debian- > > user/2017/05/msg00311.html > > > > Subsequently, I have run "apt update --allow-insecure-repositories", > which > > worked, but a subsequent "apt-get update --allow-unauthenticated" and > similar > > failed to update any packages due to key errors as detailed in the > thread. > > --allow-unathenticated is for install/upgrade, I think, not for update. > Anyway, > your system is broken, fix it, instead of doing dangerous stuff like this: > One > of your files in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ is probably in a wrong format. > > That's what you want for .gpg files (output of file(1)): > > GPG key public ring, created Fri Nov 21 21:01:13 2014 > > .asc files are valid too, containing armored public keys. Sometimes > you get "GPG keybox database version 1" files (which gpg2 uses for > keyrings) - these are not valid files. > > -- > Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev > | Ubuntu Core Developer | > When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply > directly below the part(s) it pertains to ('inline'). Thank you. >
