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import-export is noisy, even when i ask it to be --quiet
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Description

Consider the following command used to clean up the debian archive keyring:

gpg --homedir $(pwd) --quiet --no-keyring --import-options import-export --import /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

it produces the following noise to stderr:

key 6FB2A1C265FFB764:
3 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key 8B48AD6246925553:
6 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key CBF8D6FD518E17E1:
2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key 7638D0442B90D010:
4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key 9D6D8F6BC857C906:
4 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key EF0F382A1A7B6500:
2 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key E0B11894F66AEC98:
5 signatures not checked due to missing keys
key EDA0D2388AE22BA9:
5 signatures not checked due to missing keys

Details

Version
2.1.22