Re: creating a local mirror and package authentication
Questions by Florian Kulzer
> How did you add the mounted DVD image to your sources.list? Did you
> use
> "file:" URIs?
man sources.list | egrep 'deb(-src)? file'
I have an apache httpd server running on the remote system and i have
added http address of the server
this is my sources.list
deb http://s1/ETCH4_1/ stable main
deb http://s1/ETCH4_2/ stable main
where s1 is my local network server.
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 17:03 +0530, Bhasker C V wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have small problem authenticating the packages with apt-get
> I get the warning that the package is not autheticated
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> dash ash
> Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
> I put the DVD images on to a server which loop-back mounts the DVD.
> I have added the local server address to the sources.list.
> But on the Etch DVD there is no Release.gpg file.
> Now, how can i avoid the authetication warning without overriding
> I do not want to use "APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated 1"
>
>
> OR
> can i download the GPG keys from the etch website and then have it
> installed in my machine so that i can avoid the authentication
> warning ? If so can someone point me to the website and the method
> to import the keys
>
> thanks
>
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Bhasker C V
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