[Bug 1633754] Re: dirmngr is used as daemon

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

there are no commands in apt-key that use dirmngr, however user passed adv commands can trigger this.
One option is for apt-key to proactively kill any outstanding daemons in the temp-keyrings, before exiting.

** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  dirmngr is used as daemon

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 with gnupg2 2.1.15-1ubuntu6 and for example if
  I'm using apt-key to receive keys I'm noticing that dirmngr is started
  and kept open after the task is done. If apt-key is used multiple
  times even multiple times dirmngr is started while the old processes
  are still open.

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