Wonderful idea, perfect solution.

--- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Having urpmi/rpmdrake
> know where to find the GPG keys for various sources.
>  I would propose
> that a file name is made as a standard for the key
> for a source that is
> placed in the same path as the hdlist/synthesis
> file.  That file would
> contain a name or names of packages that contained
> the sites GPG keys.
> 
> On the first install from that source urpmi/rpmdrake
> would prompt the
> user if they wished to install this key.  The file
> would then be
> downloaded and installed prior to any other package
> installations.  
> 
> In the future if the key would need upgrading the
> version/release could
> be incremented causing urpmi/rpmdrake to update it. 
> urpmi/rpmdrake
> would store the package name(s) of the keys.  So it
> would always cause
> that package to be updated in a separate rpm call
> prior to updating the
> rest of the packages.
> 
> To ensure the keys and there is a trust chain it's
> possible Mandrake
> could sign the packages for these people.  I don't
> think there are a lot
> of sites using the urpmi system.  But perhaps
> Mandrake signing the
> packages would be a bad idea for trust and work load
> issues.
> 
> Just a thought.  What do you guys think?

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