[arch-general] Pacman and package signing

[Myra Nelson]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:42, Gaetan Bisson <bisson at archlinux.org> wrote:
> [2011-08-29 12:13:29 -0500] Myra Nelson:
>> If I sign the
>> package with makepkg or manually with gpg --detach-sign, it creates a
>> it creates a detached signature, .sig file. I have my key using
>> pacman-key. When I attempt to install the package I get an error
>> message "invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)".
>
> You also need to `pacman-key --edit-key` your key and put its trust
> level to ultimate.
>
>> If I manually
>> sign the package with gpg --sign, every thing is fine.
>
> Not sure I understand what you mean here...
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Gaetan
>
If I use gpg --sign instead of gpg --detach-sign the package verifies
and installs just fine. That's what stumped me.

Myra


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