Debian trixie install: sqv cannot parse gpg keyring (workaround)

[Meik Michalke]

hi,

Am Montag, 23. Februar 2026, 16:04:36 CET schrieb Bernhard Reiter via Gnupg-
users:
> when installing current GnuPG stable from
>   https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/trixie/
> 
> to Debian GNU/Linux Trixie (aka
>   cat /etc/debian_version
>   13.3 )
> 
> Sub-process /usr/bin/sqv returned an error code (1), error message is:
> Error: Failed to parse keyring "/usr/share/keyrings/gnupg-keyring.gpg"
> 
> will currently stop you.
> 
> There is an issue with a workaround at:
>   https://dev.gnupg.org/T8122

i would suspect another workaround would be to add

 APT::Key::gpgvcommand "/usr/bin/gpgv";

to a file late in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

that should restore the use of gpgv instead of sqv.

whether this helps can be tested with

 apt update -o APT::Key::gpgvcommand="/usr/bin/gpgv"

viele grüße :: m.eik
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