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Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update?

From Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update?
Date 2017-03-26 21:50 +0200
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On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:

> Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
> >> No, please do NOT use "apt-key add" but instead download the key and
> >> put it as a file with the suffix ".gpg" into the directory
> >> /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
>
> > Just curious why you recommend this instead of "apt-key add"?
>
> Because the man-page for apt-key says so:
>
> ,----
> |  add filename
> |      [...]
> |      Note: Instead of using this command a keyring should be
> |      placed directly in the /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
> |      directory with a descriptive name and either "gpg" or
> |      "asc" as file extension.
> `----


Thanks. FYI my Debian 8.4 apt-key man page does not contain that text.
ii  apt                                   1.0.9.8.3
   amd64        commandline package manager



> Grüße,
> Sven.
>

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Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 18:10 +0200
  Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-26 18:50 +0200
    Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-26 21:00 +0200
      Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 21:00 +0200
        Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 21:10 +0200
        Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-26 21:20 +0200
          Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 21:50 +0200
            Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-26 22:10 +0200
      Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 01:30 +0200
        Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-27 07:50 +0200
        Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-27 11:10 +0200
      Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 17:20 +0200
        Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-27 18:10 +0200
          Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 01:00 +0200
            Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-28 07:50 +0200
              Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-28 10:10 +0200
                Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-28 12:10 +0200
              Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-03-28 13:30 +0200
                Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 14:40 +0200
            Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-28 10:00 +0200
              Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 14:30 +0200
                Re: Anyone know what this means when running aptitude update? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-03-28 16:20 +0200

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