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Re: [SLE] need smart answers
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:57:42 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200609142357.33628.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 14 September 2006 23:03, Bob S wrote:
> Hello Suse people,
>
> No, not wisecracks. An answer to why smart won't install upgraded packages
> because it needs a gpg key. I posed this same question a couple of weeks
> ago and two replies were to ignore it. Wellll..that don't work. It wants a
> key.
There is a reason why the packages are signed.
If you keep installing packages from untrusted sources, you forfeit all future
rights to complain about non-working systems for all times in perpetuity
The solution is simple: either get the key (if you know and trust the
publisher) and import it into rpm, or don't install the package.
This is not a wisecrack, this is the reality of life on the internet
> Hello Suse people,
>
> No, not wisecracks. An answer to why smart won't install upgraded packages
> because it needs a gpg key. I posed this same question a couple of weeks
> ago and two replies were to ignore it. Wellll..that don't work. It wants a
> key.
There is a reason why the packages are signed.
If you keep installing packages from untrusted sources, you forfeit all future
rights to complain about non-working systems for all times in perpetuity
The solution is simple: either get the key (if you know and trust the
publisher) and import it into rpm, or don't install the package.
This is not a wisecrack, this is the reality of life on the internet
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