[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.5.3 macOS binary not signed?

peter dalgaard pd@|gd @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Thu Mar 14 15:06:23 CET 2019


[Resending - screenshot was too big]

Actually, the OS does that even if we don't pay attention, so apparently people just haven't gotten around to upgrade and we haven't had new Mac users installing 3.5.3 yet. (To a first approximation, that is - some will of course know how to bypass the signature check). 

-pd

> On 14 Mar 2019, at 14:36 , Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org <mailto:simon.urbanek using R-project.org>> wrote:
> 
> Marc,
> 
> thanks, I'm glad that at least someone pays attention and checks the signature ;). I'm surprised my machine didn't raise a flag - I did test the image locally from the master URL before releasing.
> 
> I have now updated the package to be signed, it is identical content, just signed. You can get is from the Mac master server https://mac.R-project.org/bin/macosx <https://mac.r-project.org/bin/macosx> now and other CRAN servers will sync in due time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 14, 2019, at 8:18 AM, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac <r-sig-mac using r-project.org <mailto:r-sig-mac using r-project.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just tried to install the R 3.5.3 macOS binary from CRAN.
>> 
>> The SHA hash matches what is on CRAN, but I get an unknown developer message when I try to install.
>> 
>> I get:
>> 
>> pkgutil --check-signature R-3.5.3.pkg
>> Package "R-3.5.3.pkg":
>>  Status: no signature
>> 
>> 
>> I rechecked the 3.5.2 binary and do not have the issue there.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Marc Schwartz
>> 
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