It's in the latest Ubuntu LTS and will stay be there until 2025. If it is legacy and deprecated, maybe it should have been removed?
In its current state, this apt-key issue has some security implications: First, the Ubuntu update GUI is not very intuitive in handling this issue. It presents the user only with a message that there is a connection issue, which is not true in this case. Options then are to "try again" which will never resolve an issue with unsigned repos, or acknowledge the issue with "Ok". This can be confusing as the "Ok" does not indicate that updates can still be installed. A user might just close the dialog and never install additional updates. The update manager should just install all updates available and not bother the user with unintuitive choices. Second, even if you manage to decipher the update manager GUI, you will still be left with a browser (e.g. Google Chrome in the example above) that will never be updated. This means in the worst case that someone is using a browser on Ubuntu LTS that gathered 5 years of security issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912526 Title: cannot import new keys if another malformed key exists To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1912526/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
