rpm will not let me sign packages

Phil Schaffner P.R.Schaffner at IEEE.org
Sun May 9 20:40:21 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 13:21 -0700, Mark Fonnemann wrote:
> Mark Fonnemann wrote:
> 
> >> [root at markf78 home]# rpm --addsign ghex-2.6.0-0.i386.rpm
> >> ghex-2.6.0-0.i386.rpm:
> 
> jos wrote:
> 
> >And?  You don't say what the reason is why you think it doesn't
> >work, this looks ok...
> 
> sorry:
> 
> [root at markf78 home]# rpm --addsign ghex-2.6.0-0.i386.rpm
> ghex-2.6.0-0.i386.rpm:
> [root at markf78 home]# rpm -qip ghex-2.6.0-0.i386.rpm
> Name        : ghex                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 2.6.0                             Vendor: (none)
> Release     : 0                             Build Date: Sun 09 May 2004
> 03:29:12 PM EDT
> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: markf78
> Group       : Applications/Editors          Source RPM: ghex-2.6.0-0.src.rpm
> Size        : 1544697                          License: GPL
> Signature   : (none)
> URL         : http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/ghex/2.6/
> Summary     : A binary editor for GNOME
> Description :
> GHex allows the user to load data from any file, view and edit it in
> either hex or ascii. A must for anyone playing games that use
> non-ascii format for saving.
> 
> thanks...
> mark. :-)

Yup - not signed.  Have you generated the key-pair and set-up correctly?

These links may be helpful.
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/PackageSubmissionQAPolicy
http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/ublinux/HOWTO-rpm.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-February/msg00313.html





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