David, the CVE would be strictly for reporting "OK" to a delete command
that did not actually delete anything.

When an admin tries to remove a trusted key, the tools should either
report success when it does, or failure when it cannot.

I'm worried about the "apt-key adv --recv-key" issue; that's certainly
not mentioned in the manpages the last few times I've used this. We
should remove this advice from the manpage or provide a warning that it
is not safe to use this, despite previous recommendations.

Thanks

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