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#539
apt-key: the del command is fragile at best
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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.devuan.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: apt
Version: 1.8.2.2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/apt-key
I wished to remove an old key from my APT keyring:
# apt-key list
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg
--------------------
...
pub dsa1024 2010-12-23 [SC]
74F7 3584 25EE B617 6094 C884 E0F7 2778 C467 6186
uid [ unknown] PlayOnLinux Packaging [...]
...
# apt-key del 74F7358425EEB6176094
OK
-> the key was still there
# apt-key del 74f7
OK
-> the key was still there
# apt-key del 6186
gpg: key "6186" not found: Not found
gpg: 6186: delete key failed: Not found
-> the key was still there, but at least I got an error of some kind!
At this point I added some messages to apt-key itself and got this:
# apt-key del 'C884 E0F7 2778 C467 6186'
*** running remove_key_from_keyring on /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
*** key C884E0F72778C4676186 is in keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg!
*** removing key C884E0F72778C4676186 in keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg...
gpg: key "C884E0F72778C4676186" not found: Not found
gpg: C884E0F72778C4676186: delete key failed: Not found
There is obviously a misunderstanding between apt-key and gpg about what
makes a proper key id; I'm no gpg expert, so I have no idea of what is.
There is also a lack of proper diagnostics: if I get an unqualified "OK"
as in my first two tries, I expect the action to have been carried out.
If apt-key doesn't find something that looks like the supplied key id in
any keyring, I expect a clear message saying so.
-- System Information:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)
Release: 3
Codename: beowulf
Architecture: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debian-archive-keyring 2019.1
ii gpgv 2.2.12-1+deb10u1
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.8.2.2
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6
ii libgnutls30 3.6.7-4+deb10u5
ii libseccomp2 2.3.3-4
ii libstdc++6 8.3.0-6
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20200601~deb10u1
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 1.8.2.2
ii aptitude 0.8.11-7
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.7
ii gnupg 2.2.12-1+deb10u1
ii powermgmt-base 1.34
ii synaptic 0.84.6
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