[Bug 1481871] Re: apt-key del silently fails to delete keys due to limited understanding of GPG key ID formats

[Roman Fiedler]

Just as a side note:

1) apt-key via debootstrap is currently broken on Bionic anyway (gpgv1
to gpgv2 side effects probably), see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/1767319

2) apt-key seems to be deprecated and should not be used any more on
newer systems, so maybe the bug is a good starter for enforcing
deprecation after bionic: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-
users/2018-May/060428.html

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Title:
  apt-key del silently fails to delete keys due to limited understanding
  of GPG key ID formats

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  apt:
    Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2.10

  apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
  7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # key is here

  apt-key del  7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # delete key

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # key is still
  here

  # Works fine with IDs

  apt-key del  0E27C0A6

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # nothing
  exported

  # Works fine with fingerprint on Precise

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