GPG key problem with yum

[Pete Nesbitt]

On May 18, 2004 02:17 pm, Peter Fleck wrote:
> I want to use yum and the fedora-legacy site to update a RH 7.2
> installation. But I'm having trouble with GPG and keys. I've been
> posting to the fedora-legacy list too but I thought someone here might
> have some ideas.
>
> When I try to update a package with yum, I end up with the following:
>
> Error: GPG Signature check failed for
> /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/cvs-1.11.1p1-9.7.legacy.i386.rpm
> You may want to run yum clean or remove the file:
>   /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/cvs-1.11.1p1-9.7.legacy.i386.rpm
> You may also want to check to make sure you have the right gpg keys
> Exiting.
>
> If I check the signature on the file with rpm, it says it's OK.
>
>    rpm -Kv
> /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/cvs-1.11.1p1-9.7.legacy.i386.rpm
>
> gave me:
>
> /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/cvs-1.11.1p1-9.7.legacy.i386.rpm:
> MD5 sum OK: 084e0d35954655739b8d074ac2a4044f
> gpg: Signature made Sat 24 Jan 2004 02:01:34 AM CST using DSA key ID
> 731002FA
> gpg: Good signature from "Fedora Legacy (http://www.fedoralegacy.org)
> <secnotice at fedoralegacy.org>"
>
> I'm still learning this stuff and right now I'm at a loss as to what to
> try next. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Hi,
i don't know if this is the same issue, but a while ago both myself and a 
friend were having similar errors. The solution was to use a mirror site. The 
error message doesn't seem to match the solution, but it worked.
-- 
Pete Nesbitt, rhce