Mike Leone on 4 Nov 2005 18:19:31 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Debian - apt-get update warning about pubkeys


sean finney (seanius@seanius.net) had this to say on 11/04/05 at 12:18: 
> hi mike,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:58:26AM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> > I'm getting this warning, when running apt-get update:
> > 
> > W: GPG error: http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates
> > Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public
> > key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 946AA6E18722E71E
> > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> 
> the latest version of apt in unstable now has built-in support for
> gpg verification of packages, which is really a Good Thing, as i'm
> sure you know.  
> 
> basically, apt is notices that it knows nothing about the pubkey in
> question, so it's whining a bit.  my guess is that this is because
> the Release.gpg on secure-testing.d.o uses a different key than the
> main archives.  apt-key(8) is what you'll want to use to import this
> key into apt's trusted keyring.

AH. Well, that was certainly simple enough ....

Thanks!
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