Re: Suggest instructions for how to use volitile archive signing key
Errors in my email:
1) "apt-key" is not a package. The program is included in the "apt"
package, which also includes the "apt-get" program. To correct this
error, instead use this command:
apt-get update ; apt-get install curl ; curl http://www.debian.org/volatile/etch-volatile.asc | apt-key add -
2) The sarge "apt" package does NOT contain "apt-key". To verify see:
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=apt&version=oldstable&arch=i386
I don't think apt-key existed in any sarge package, so the the command I
suggested using won't work in sarge.
I won't try to give instructions on how to set up the Sarge signature
since I don't have a system to test on, and I wouldn't know if I should
add the key to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg or /root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
I apologize for the errors.
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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