Subject: Re: bug#22440: 25.1.50; package.el fails to install with package-check-signature t

From: Lizzie Dixon <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 21:39:05 -0700

On 05/15, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> > On 05/15/2016 10:03 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > 
> >> package-check-signature t means check package signatures when installing, and do
> >> not install a package if it is unsigned. Which is what is happening, right?
> > 
> > Aren't packages coming from GNU ELPA supposed to all be signed?
> 
> Sorry, I don't know. I don't even know how to determine whether that particular
> package is signed.

You can tell because http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/async-1.9.tar.sig exists.

$ curl -O 'http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/async-1.9.tar'
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 61440  100 61440    0     0  98420      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 98304
$ curl -O 'http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/async-1.9.tar.sig'
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100    96  100    96    0     0    254      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   253
$ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/emacs/25.0.93/etc/package-keyring.gpg --verify async-1.9.tar.sig 
gpg: assuming signed data in 'async-1.9.tar'
gpg: Signature made Wed 18 May 2016 02:05:02 PM PDT using DSA key ID 7FBDEF9B
gpg: Good signature from "GNU ELPA Signing Agent <[email-masked]>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: CA44 2C00 F917 74F1 7F59  D9B0 474F 0583 7FBD EF9B