Re: Downloading sources from an unsigned intranet repository
On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 11:40:23AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For some time now my workplace has had an APT repository for in-house
> developed packages for software we either produce or support.
>
> This lives on an internal intranet server and is accessed over plain
> HTTP. This has worked well for some time now. Until today I notice:
>
> > stuartl@qube:~$ apt-get source vrtlic -y --force-yes
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> > vrtlic
> > E: Some packages could not be authenticated
>
> Even though I tell apt-get to force download of the package sources
> (which, I might add, I can personally vouch for as I put them there), it
> refuses to do so because the package repository is unsigned.
>
> Now I *could* organise a gpg key to sign the repository with. I have
> administrative privileges on the machine concerned.
So it worked before and has suddenly stopped working for no reason?
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