Hello, Bug #1761030 indeed describes the same issues.
I've also a modified udeb in use, now. And it's working for me, but the setup is almost the same. d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean false d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://software.ubuntu.man-da.de/software/key.gpg d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string deb http://software.ubuntu.man-da.de/software bionic extras d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server After the installation completed the key was in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/local_server.asc since our internal repository key was also ASCII-Armored. But I used the overlay_host configuration to get the udeb in: apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/overlay_host string software.ubuntu.man-da.de apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/overlay_directory string /software/ apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/overlay boolean true The repository key was also integrated into our modified initrd to get this working, but this alone didn't resolve the issues. With the patched udeb in http://software.ubuntu.man-da.de/software/dists/bionic/main /debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages it works for me. Kind regards Lars -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gnupg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754075 Title: apt-setup uses apt-key but probably should not anymore Status in apt-setup package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnupg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In di if the kernel is in a private PPA we seed di using d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=<key> this used to work in xenial, but in bionic this fails and therefore apt update fails in base-installer. May be because add-apt-key is not installed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-setup/+bug/1754075/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp