[arch-general] gtk related packages reported as corrupt and blocking all updates

[Andrew Chen]

On Oct 18, 2015 1:33 PM, "mick" <bareman at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> for the last few days I have been unable to apply updates.
>
> Pacman reports the following:-
>
> (85/85) checking package integrity
 [######################] 100%
> error: at-spi2-core: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <
jan.steffens at gmail.com>" is invalid
> :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/at-spi2-core-2.18.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is
corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
> Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
> error: gtk-update-icon-cache: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens
(heftig) <jan.steffens at gmail.com>" is invalid
> :: File
/var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk-update-icon-cache-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is
corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
> Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
> error: gtk3: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <
jan.steffens at gmail.com>" is invalid
> :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gtk3-3.18.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is
corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
> Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
> error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
>
> can anyone help me find the answer?
>
> mik

Try manually deleting those offending package files (the .pkg.tar.xz files).