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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- apt-key del silenty fails to delete keys due to limited understanding of GPG key ID formats
+ apt-key del silently fails to delete keys due to limited understanding of GPG key ID formats

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Title:
  apt-key del silently fails to delete keys due to limited understanding
  of GPG key ID formats

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  apt:
    Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2.10

  apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
  7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # key is here

  apt-key del  7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # delete key

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # key is still
  here

  # Works fine with IDs

  apt-key del  0E27C0A6

  apt-key export 7A82B743B9B8E46F12C733FA4759FA960E27C0A6 # nothing
  exported

  # Works fine with fingerprint on Precise

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