I hope I have fixed this problem:
looked at: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887425 NO FIX?
I deleted newt.gpg and trusted.gpg then:
root@kgdebian:~# wget
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/binary-releases/master/mynewt-newt-tools_1.3.0/newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb
--2018-03-14 16:47:12--
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/binary-releases/master/mynewt-newt-tools_1.3.0/newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)...
151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com
(raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1470322 (1.4M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb’
newt_1.3.0-1_amd64. 100%[===================>] 1.40M 6.04MB/s in 0.2s
2018-03-14 16:47:13 (6.04 MB/s) - ‘newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb’ saved
[1470322/1470322]
root@kgdebian:~# dpkg -i newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package newt.
(Reading database ... 309022 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack newt_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking newt (1.3.0-1) ...
Setting up newt (1.3.0-1) ...
root@kgdebian:~# which newt
/usr/bin/newt
root@kgdebian:~# newt version
Apache Newt version: 1.3.0
root@kgdebian:~# apt-key update
Warning: 'apt-key update' is deprecated and should not be used anymore!
Note: In your distribution this command is a no-op and can therefore be
removed safely.
W: The key(s) in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as the
file has an unsupported filetype.
root@kgdebian:~# apt update
Get:1 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian testing InRelease [142 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64
Packages.diff/Index [27.9 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
2018-03-13-2023.44.pdiff [1,018 B]
Get:3 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
2018-03-13-2023.44.pdiff [1,018 B]
Fetched 171 kB in 4s (45.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
822 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/InRelease: The key(s)
in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as the file has an
unsupported filetype.
root@kgdebian:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
822 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
root@kgdebian:~#
Now I hope...
Kevin.