So the comment in #2 is a valid bug, which I split out to Bug #1274426 (and just committed a fix, released, and uploaded).
** Changed in: ssh-import-id (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1273293 Title: ssh-import-id fails if key has newlines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssh-import-id/+bug/1273293/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs