Control: severity -1 minor On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:59:43AM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.4.8 > > apt-key fails to import a single public key (ascii). Sample: > > % gpg --armor --export ha...@afaics.de >/tmp/y.asc > : > # apt-key add /tmp/y.asc > gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d) > gpg: keydb_get_keyblock failed: Value not found > gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d) > gpg: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.8nCyc17sTR/pubring.gpg: copy to > '/tmp/apt-key-gpghome.8nCyc17sTR/pubring.gpg.tmp' failed: Invalid packet > gpg: error writing keyring '/tmp/apt-key-gpghome.8nCyc17sTR/pubring.gpg': > Invalid packet > gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d) > gpg: error reading '/tmp/y.asc': Invalid packet > gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. > gpg: import from '/tmp/y.asc' failed: Invalid packet
apt-key add is a legacy interface that should not be used. It's also not guaranteed to work on a system, since it requires gpg. To use asc keyfiles, please drop them in trusted.gpg.d as the manual page says you should install key files. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
