Re: problems with apt and signatures

[Mario Ambrogetti <mario@assi.polito.it>]

* sabato 15 settembre 2001, alle 21:15, Paolo Benvenuto scrive:
> Hi all! 
> 
> I'm trying to upgrade from progeny to testing (apt-get -f dist-upgrade). 
> After downloading all the packets, it stops saying:
> 
> debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb might not be signed.
> 
> And continues saying that foo.deb hasn't a signature.
> 
> I found in a list that I can eliminate the problem removing the packet 
> debsig, but the system doesn't permit it. Again, I found the advice to put 
> a --no-debsig option to apt, but it doesn't work.
> 
> I'm using apt 0.5.3
> 
> What can I do?
> 

Append this entry to the /etc/apt/apt.conf file:

DPkg
{
    // Do no try to verify package signatures
    Options {"--no-debsig";}
}   

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