You try to remove gnupg and all packages relying on it will of course be removed too. Thats done by the package management. This is not a bug in gnupg. You can try:
apt-get install gnupg2 gnupg- This will "replace" gnupg and all packages depending on gnupg or gnupg2 won't be removed. However, all packages having a straight dependency on gnupg, like ubuntu-keyring *will* be removed. You can request an OR-ed- dependency "gnupg | gnupg2" for affected packages, but this is not a gnupg bug. File separate bugs against these packages then. Closing. ** Changed in: gnupg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Aptitude remove gnupg wants to remove unrelated packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263025 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs