On Sunday 15 February 2009 18:46:42 Robert Holtzman wrote: > Tried "apt-get install debian-backports-keyring" and got the message > > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > debian-backports-keyring > Install these packages without verification [y/N]? > E: Some packages could not be authenticated > > I terminated at that point. Can anyone tell me what the problem is (yeah, > I know, the problem is it can't be authenticated. Now that we have that > out of the way.....) and if there is a solution? All the signatures that are used to verify the all backports.org repositories are generated based on the key in that package, including the files that would authenticate that package. It's a chicken<->egg problem. The backports.org site has alternate instructions involving direct application of gpg/apt-key to get you the correct key before you install any package. I just install that one untrusted package before installing anything else. (I know this isn't entirely safe, but it's not actually more dangerous than the other options.) (I'm a bit surprised that you have that package -- I couldn't find it in my lenny-backports mirror.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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