[NTLUG:Discuss] Kernel

[MadHat]

On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 11:23, Greg Edwards wrote:
> terry wrote:
> > 
> > I just tried it on a new RH8 box I have here, (the $199 ThizLinux Fry's 
> > special), and it failed twice, (so far), saying that the rpm failed some 
> > sort of authentication verification, so I have yet to duplicate the 
> > process.  (I'm on dialup here so it's very slow  process.)
> > 
> 
> I was getting a similar message from Mandrake on all rpms.  Once I 
> installed gnupg it went away.

Right, RPM now checking the signature of the RPM package before it
installs.  The first time you do an install, after gpg is installed, it
should ask you to install the key from your distribution, so it can
verify other packages.   Not all packages are signed, BTW.

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