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List:       mandrake-newbie
Subject:    Re: [newbie] bad signatures
From:       Owen <owenb () theofficenet ! com>
Date:       2005-06-29 14:14:15
Message-ID: 42C2ACB7.3000503 () theofficenet ! com
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Thanks all. Your advise solved that problem. 
Owen

Tom wrote:

> Stephen Kuhn wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 13:09 -0700, Owen wrote:
>>
>>> After installing either LE 2005 or 10.2  I run into this problem 
>>> when I try to update the system.
>>> My computer does not have any other software or operating system 
>>> installed.;
>>> Below is an example of what happens.
>>> "Rpmdrake;
>>> The following packages have bad signatures:
>>> kbebase-common-3.2.3-1.34.8.101mdki586rpm: Missing signature(unable 
>>> to read rpmfile)/
>>> Do you want to continue installation?"
>>>   Am I wrong in assuming that a signature is a check on a file 
>>> similar to a CRC check in DOS?
>>> How does a file end up with a "bad signature"?
>>> Was there a error in downloading or was it a bad file to start with?
>>> What do I do about it?  Should I try to re-download the file?
>>> Owen
>>
>>
>>
>> What I have done when this happened was download the file anyways,
>> remove and reconfigure all my software sources
>> (http://urpmi-addmedia.org), and then run an update - everything turned
>> out being fine and dandy after that. Worth a shot.
>
>
>    They are not a CRC check. Bad signatures are the packagers fault, 
> usually on contrib rpms. Either the rpm was improperly signed, or not 
> signed at all.  This will never be fixed unless the packager does it, 
> as Mandriva does not support contrib packages.  On 'regular' supported 
> Mandriva packages (main) it can also be safely ignored, as it probly 
> won't be fixed either.
>
>     So either ignore the warning and continue, or avoid it by putting  
> {brackets included}
>
> {
>     verify-rpm: 0
> }
>
> .... at the beginning of   /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg     'verify' in this 
> case is only the packager's signature.
>
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Thanks all. Your advise solved that problem.  <br>
Owen<br>
<br>
Tom wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid42C071E0.2030000@sbcglobal.net" type="cite">Stephen
Kuhn wrote:
  <br>
  <blockquote type="cite">On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 13:09 -0700, Owen
wrote:
    <br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite">After installing either LE 2005 or 10.2  I
run into this problem when I try to update the system.
      <br>
My computer does not have any other software or operating system
installed.;
      <br>
Below is an example of what happens.
      <br>
"Rpmdrake;
      <br>
The following packages have bad signatures:
      <br>
kbebase-common-3.2.3-1.34.8.101mdki586rpm: Missing signature(unable to
read rpmfile)/
      <br>
Do you want to continue installation?"
      <br>
  Am I wrong in assuming that a signature is a check on a file similar
to a CRC check in DOS?
      <br>
How does a file end up with a "bad signature"?
      <br>
Was there a error in downloading or was it a bad file to start with?
      <br>
What do I do about it?  Should I try to re-download the file?
      <br>
Owen
      <br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    <br>
What I have done when this happened was download the file anyways,
    <br>
remove and reconfigure all my software sources
    <br>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" \
href="http://urpmi-addmedia.org">http://urpmi-addmedia.org</a>), and then run an \
update - everything turned  <br>
out being fine and dandy after that. Worth a shot.
    <br>
  </blockquote>
  <br>
   They are not a CRC check. Bad signatures are the packagers fault,
usually on contrib rpms. Either the rpm was improperly signed, or not
signed at all.  This will never be fixed unless the packager does it,
as Mandriva does not support contrib packages.  On 'regular' supported
Mandriva packages (main) it can also be safely ignored, as it probly
won't be fixed either.
  <br>
  <br>
    So either ignore the warning and continue, or avoid it by putting 
{brackets included}
  <br>
  <br>
{
  <br>
    verify-rpm: 0
  <br>
}
  <br>
  <br>
.... at the beginning of   /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg     'verify' in this
case is only the packager's signature.
  <br>
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Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" \
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