> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bart Martens > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:39 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: GPG Verification error with XFree package > > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 15:06, Leena Romppainen wrote: > > I'm running up2date in cron, and now I've been getting a message that > > GPG verification fails for package Free86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-55 > > This may be caused by a bad connection between your computer and the > server you're downloading from. You may want to try a different server, > see the list of mirrors on the fedora website, and the manual page(s) of > up2date. > I had this problem, and finally, after trying for several days, decided to allow it to continue despite the GPG error. Really bad choice. The update failed about half way through, and the PC locked up. I had to power it off manually, and when I powered it back on, XFree86 was fairly much gone. I ended up loading all the packages down by hand via yum, after which I was finally able to get XFree86 to work again. What a pain in the rear! > > Maybe I should > > also use apt (familiar from Debian) or yum (I've tried it a couple of > > times) as a backup system > > No need to. > If no need, then how do you get up2date to repair damage like this once you're dumb enough to let it cause the problem? ---- Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different."
