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Re: messed up release in apt

From	Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: messed up release in apt
Date	2018-05-05 23:40 +0200
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I have removed the /etc/apt/trusted.gpg and that removed the error from apt update.
I will try now adding correct stretch-backports and installing the packages I  require,
thanks a lot, 

On Tue, May 1, 2018, at 12:29 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 01 May 2018 at 09:18:56 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> 
> > On Tue 01 May 2018 at 08:11:28 (-0500), Anil Duggirala wrote:
> > > > 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'
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > When running that command I am getting :
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > > after removing 
> > > > 
> > > >  '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg' 
> > > > 
> > > When you say removing you mean :
> > > rm /etc/apt/trusted.gpg ?
> > > 
> > > I appreciate any other alternative procedure to correct this,
> > > thanks,
> > 
> > I don't know if this rather long thread would help. It does appear
> > that /etc/apt/trusted.gpg is no longer used, in favour of
> > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ but if the former exists, it can cause
> > problems. There's a new user on stretch called _apt but I don't
> > know its function.
> 
> A security enhancement. _apt is an unprivileged user, allowing
> sandboxed downloading. The user exists to protect against bugs
> in the http protocol handler, ssl libraries, compressors, etc.
> It also protects against permission issues elsewhere.
> 
> -- 
> Brian.
>

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messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-04-30 19:00 +0200
  Re: messed up release in apt Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-30 19:50 +0200
    Re: messed up release in apt Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 20:00 +0200
      Re: messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-05-01 00:10 +0200
        Re: messed up release in apt Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 09:20 +0200
          Re: messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-05-01 15:10 +0200
  Re: messed up release in apt Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-04-30 20:10 +0200
    Re: messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-05-01 01:20 +0200
      Re: messed up release in apt Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-05-01 10:10 +0200
        Re: messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-05-01 15:20 +0200
          Re: messed up release in apt Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-05-01 16:10 +0200
          Re: messed up release in apt David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-01 16:30 +0200
            Re: messed up release in apt Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-05-01 19:30 +0200
              Re: messed up release in apt Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2018-05-05 23:40 +0200
          Re: messed up release in apt Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 17:00 +0200
  Re: messed up release in apt Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-01 00:30 +0200

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