[R-sig-Debian] problems apt-getting from CRAN

[Johannes Ranke]

* Vincent Goulet <vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca> [070306 21:20]:
> Le Jeudi 15 Février 2007 08:52, Johannes Ranke a écrit :
> > * Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> [070215 05:20]:
> > > On 14 February 2007 at 15:29, Federico Calboli wrote:
> > > | Hi there,
> > > |
> > > | I hope that's not been asked ad nauseam (but I could not find it in the
> > > | archives...) but, if I put a CRAN mirror in my sources.list and I try
> > > | to install the latest R version for 'testing' I get the warning that
> > > | the packages cannot be autenticated.
> > > |
> > > | I tried to figure out how to get a GPG key from the mirror I'm using
> > > | (the austrian one) in case that's the solution, but fat chance! apt-get
> > > | update does not return any error anyawy, i.e. does not warn me of any
> > > | missing GPG key from the CRAN mirror.
> > > |
> > > | Any suggestion would be apprecciated.
> > >
> > > I'd guess it's simply missing.  Try wiki.debian.org for info on how to
> > > _create_ such a key, and then convince someone at CRAN to create one.
> >
> > OK, I learned how to create and use an archive key by doing it.
> > Currently this key is only signed by me, but better then no signing at
> > all, I believe.
> >
> > For details, see the updated README file, section SECURE APT. The
> > key ID is 381BA480.
> >
> > The signed Release files and the README will be picked up by CRAN within
> > 12 hours, and then propagate to the mirrors.
> >
> > Johannes
> 
> I did the same for the Ubuntu packages. They're signed with by key E2A11821. 
> The README has been updated accordingly.

Nice. When I started to use a signed release file, at first I got error
messages from apt due to the very slim Release file produced when
calling apt-ftparchive release without a config file, so I created
config files for sarge and etch backports. If you want to see my
repository maintenance scripts/config, see

	http://www.uft.uni-bremen.de/chemie/ranke/r-cran

This seems to do the job. Suggestions for improvements/corrections are
always welcome.

Johannes

> 
> HTH
> 
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