On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote:
> Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeova...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Sven Hartge <s...@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. >
