synaptic in hoary and authentication

Adam Membrey membreya at optusnet.com.au
Mon Mar 21 17:08:26 UTC 2005


Sam Tygier wrote:
> i have just tried again and the error is gone.
> 
> it was in the box which comes up when you click apply. it said something 
> along the lines of the software i was trying to install could not be 
> authenticated, and that it could be dangerous.
> 
> sam
> 
> crimsun at fungus.sh.nu wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 01:47:03PM +0000, Sam Tygier wrote:
>>
>>> synaptic in hoary complaining that some packages can't be 
>>> authenticated when i try to do a smart upgrade. its core packages 
>>> having the problems not obscure universe stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> What are the precise errors?
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
Do you have any non-standard repo's on your sources.lst?

I added my own repo and anything that comes off of that repo provides 
the error message, though it still allows me to install the software :) 
(I use my own script to do:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade --force-yes -y




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