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authorJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2022-02-22 17:45:08 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2022-02-22 18:25:06 +0100
commit9aee35d1acafde2e443741160d13d365345383ab (patch)
tree8b6d3c2c6511705cf3c3ea3d80c67d3dc1167733 /doc/sources.list.5.xml
parent975c55803caca0e34524d6177724ce334b3ffff8 (diff)
Improve the documentation for /etc/apt/keyrings
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@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
It is specified as a list of absolute paths to keyring files (have to be
accessible and readable for the <literal>_apt</literal> system user,
so ensure everyone has read-permissions on the file) and fingerprints
- of keys to select from these keyrings. If no keyring files are specified
+ of keys to select from these keyrings. The recommended locations for keyrings
+ are <filename>/usr/share/keyrings</filename> for keyrings managed by packages,
+ and <filename>/etc/apt/keyrings</filename> for keyrings managed by the system operator.
+ If no keyring files are specified
the default is the <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> keyring and
all keyrings in the <filename>trusted.gpg.d/</filename> directory
(see <command>apt-key fingerprint</command>). If no fingerprint is