On 2018-04-30, Anil Duggirala <anilduggir...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > I removed all backported packages. Then did apt-get autoremove. Then > removed the jessie-backports line from sources.list. I appear to have > come back to my original system. However I am now getting an error on > apt update. > W: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/stretch/updates/InR > elease: The key(s) in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as > the file is not readable by user '_apt' executing apt-key. > W: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch-updates/InRelease: The > key(s) in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as the file is > not readable by user '_apt' executing apt-key. > W: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/Release.gpg: The > key(s) in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as the file is > not readable by user '_apt' executing apt-key. > > Any help on that? > thanks! >
I'm uncertain. If it were my machine (so that if I sank it I would be the only one to go down with the ship), I might run: 'apt-key update' after removing '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg' This gleaned from the innertubes. Maybe someone more knowledgable will pipe up. -- "Three prisoners were locked in a cell. When the largest of them finished his food, he immediately ate the others. Too bad. An apostrophe in the right place might have prevented a horrible crime." Joe Gunn