Bug#316915: misleading error message about missing public key
retitle 316915 [libapt-pkg] Suggests running apt-get update as a solution to any error
thanks
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:04:01PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.38
>
> Recently there was a problem with the signatures for amd64:
>
>
> # apt-get update
> :
> :
> Get:4 http://amd64.debian.net unstable Release.gpg [189B]
> :
> :
> Fetched 3683kB in 31s (118kB/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: GPG error: http://amd64.debian.net unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E415B2B4B5F5BBED
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> #
Yep. As the code says...
/* This sux, remove it someday */
if (_error->empty() == false)
_error->Warning(_("You may want to run apt-get update to correct these
problems"));
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- mdz
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