GNU bug report logs - #70102
elpa signature verification failure

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 09:41:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 70102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti <at> gmail.com>,
 70102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70102: elpa signature verification failure
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:58:31 -0800

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I'm trying to install packages from elpa. However...
>>
>> Failed to verify signature archive-contents.sig:
>> Bad signature from 066DAFCB81E42C40 GNU ELPA Signing Agent (2019) <
>> elpasign <at> elpa.gnu.org>
>> Command output:
>> gpg: Signature made dom 31 mar 2024 11:30:08 CEST
>> gpg:                using RSA key C433554766D3DDC64221BFAA066DAFCB81E42C40
>> gpg: BAD signature from "GNU ELPA Signing Agent (2019) <
>> elpasign <at> elpa.gnu.org>" [unknown]
>
> I don't know why you get a "BAD signature message":  The 2019 key is
> expired so AFAIK we don't use it any more.  You need to install the
> `gnu-epa-keyring-update` package (or use a more recent version of Emacs).

No further comments here, so I'm boldly assuming that the above fixed
it.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.
This bug report was last modified 78 days ago.

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