my yum update error

[Paul Howarth]

Torben M. Hansen wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 March 2005 18:47, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>You might end up with some duplicate keys installed though - try:
>>
>># rpm -q gpg-pubkey | sort
>>
>>If there are any repeated lines, you've got duplicate keys. Whilst these
>>are harmless, it's irritating to have them and they're awkward to remove
>>(you need to use the --allmatches option in "rpm -e" and then re-install
>>the key you just removed).
>>
>>Paul.
> 
> Well, there're many thing I don't know. Now there is one less. In fact I seem 
> to have several duplicate keys. Are there any good reasons why rpm does not 
> check for that, before importing new keys?

I've no idea why it doesn't do this.

See also:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68290

Paul.