Re: [SLE] Apt and unknown signatures

On Monday 16 May 2005 20.27, Sunny wrote:

On 5/16/05, Jerome Lyles wrote:

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I'm using 9.3 and apt. When I try to update kaffeine for example I get this message:

APT system reports: E: Error(s) while checking package signatures: 0 unsigned package(s) 4 package(s) with unknown signatures 0 package(s) with illegal/corrupted signatures

I am using the rpmkeys component. How can I fix this?

Thanks, Jerome

The fast fix is to use --no-checksig (look at man apt). If you use Synaptic, go to internal options, and there set the option GPG::Check to false and click apply.

The longest is to try to find which rpmkey you are missing.

Cheers Sunny

The biggest problem is the fact that a lot of the packages are either NOT signed, or that the key used isn't available on the servers When the package provider publish a signed package and forget to publish the key it is kind of impossible to find the key anywhere. Also if the package isn't signed to begin with (as a lot of them in the Xorg pile) the possibility of finding a matching key also is NIL. The solution "set the option GPG::Check to false" circumvents the idea of signing to begin with. Just my 2 cents... -- /Rikard " Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something." -R. Stallman --------------------------------------------------------------- Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Mob : +46 763 19 76 25 PGP : 0x461CEE56 ---------------------------------------------------------------