Childish.
The original writer brings up a good point, although somewhat over the
top. The package signature mechanism is very under documented, if at
all. I have observed bizarre issues with the GPG mechanism of both YUM
and UP2DATE. Once I found that simply reloading the keys didn't fix the
problem of getting packages to install. Even turning off GPG checks
didn't fix it either. I had, at that time, resorted to just going to
the cache directory and installing the package it downloaded manually.
Somehow, the GPG method of package checking was broken, and I couldn't
fix it. Luckily, the OS drive is different than my data drives, so I
just resorted to an OS re-install (it was FC3 I was using) and
everything was fixed. I have no idea what broke it in the first place,
but it was very annoying. I couldn't find any documentation on how it
works nor how to troubleshoot it. The "fixes" I could find didn't work
either. I had installed keys until I turned blue. So I can understand
this guy's frustration.
It seems the GPG method is good generally, but it is very fragile and
hard to fix if broken.
Nevertheless, I'd even recommend not turning it off as well. Its
benefits outweigh the annoyance.
Rich
Markku Kolkka wrote:
radioact1ve kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 5.
heinäkuuta 2005 21:54):
Not this dam thing again. I remember when I would get the
NOKEY thing. I just wasn't in the mood to learn gpg. So FC3
went out the window. I don't want to go through this whole
thing again. Is there any way I can turn of this "feature". It
annoys the shit out of me.
That's easy, just install Windows 98. It has no annoying security
features and it gives completely free access to your system for
all viruses, trojans, spyware and other software you apparently
enjoy having and spreading around.
