Bug#335330: etch netinst-cd fails when fetching packages in base-install

[mark@port7.co.uk (Mark Johnson)]

Package: base-config
Version: 2.73

I have downloaded the etch netinst-cd image so that I can perform a
clean install of etch on my compaq evo desktop.

The install goes fine, detected hardware OK, configured network
(manually), partitioned disk.

The problem came when 'installing base system'

I nearly finishes the base-installer but fails at the end of the
process. Looking at Virtual-Console3 I see the following:

Setting up base-config (2.73) ...

Ign file: etch Release.gpg
Get:1 file: etch Release [806B]
Fetched 806B in 0/s (0B/s)
Reading package lists...

Then in Virtual-Console2 I tail /var/log/syslog I see:

Oct 23 10:25:40 apt-install: WARNING: The following packages could not
be authenticated!
Oct 23 10:25:40 apt-install:   dash cramfsprogs initrd-tools
Oct 23 10:25:40 apt-install: E: There are problems are -y was used
without --force-yes
Oct 23 10:25:40 base-installer: error: error on
base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install 

So I suspect there is something wrong with the signing of the packages.
I am going to go back to sarge for the moment and maybe do an apt-get
dist-upgrade from there.

Thanks

Mark Johnson