Debian Bug report logs - #397702
Shouldn't suggest running 'apt-get update' to fix NO_PUBKEY

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Shouldn't suggest running 'apt-get update' to fix NO_PUBKEY

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:03:19 +0100

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.3
Severity: minor

Subject says it all.
Running "apt-get update" is very unlikely to fix this error message.
And some people might want to not trust certain keys (e.g.
debian-multimedia.org), so seeing this non-working suggestion every day
can be annoying. :-)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring       2006.01.18  GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                      1:4.1.1-19  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                   4.1.1-19    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

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Message #20 received at 397702@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Phil Carmody <thefatphil@yahoo.co.uk>

To: 397702@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Alternative suggested command

Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:26:40 +0000 (GMT)

aptitude install debian-archive-keyring



      

Message #25 received at 397702@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Kieron Dunbar <kieron@dimetrodon.demon.co.uk>

To: 397702@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Alternative suggested command

Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:20:11 +0100

"aptitude install debian-archive-keyring" may work, but only once you have successfully downloaded a package list which contains it.

http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.28.6.tar.gz is another solution to this problem.

I don't believe apt should merely suggest a solution in any case, as it can implement it far more quickly than the user can. If you're not connected to the file server you thought you were, then you have a problem either way.

Kieron

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