Re: Suggest instructions for how to use volitile archive signing key
To help search engines (and the people using them), please consider
adding an FAQ like section:
Question: What does this error message mean:
W: GPG error: http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile Release: The
following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
available: NO_PUBKEY EC61E0B0BBE55AB3
Answer: Your system does no know about the volatile archive's digital
key. To fix this problem, follow the these <link> instructions on how
to add the needed key.
On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 17:39 -0700, Alexander Blazej wrote:
> The page:
>
> http://www.debian.org/volatile/
>
> has the text:
>
> Archive signing key
> Please see ziyi-sarge.asc for sarge, and etch-volatile.asc for etch.
>
>
> I, and I suspect others, would appreciate a more verbose instructions.
> Please consider using this text:
>
> To ensure the packages in the volatile master and mirror archives have
> not been tampered with, the packages are are digitally signed. You need
> to configure your system to recognize this signature.
>
> If your system is running the Etch version on Debian, run as root:
> apt-get update ; apt-get install curl apt-key ; curl http://www.debian.org/volatile/etch-volatile.asc | apt-key add -
>
> If your system is running the Sarge version on Debian, run as root:
> apt-get update ; apt-get install curl apt-key ; curl http://www.debian.org/volatile/ziyi-sarge.asc | apt-key add -
>
> If your system encounters an unknown signature, you will get a warning such as:
>
> W: GPG error: http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
> available: NO_PUBKEY F193B82C012D9230
>
>
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