Sven Arvidsson wrote: > I think you're looking at a keyring of all the debian developers (an > outdated copy from 2005 it seems) that's not necessary to download.
It certainly is dated 2005 - perhaps it's ancient history, but it's the only key-related file at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/ ... looks like maybe we need a tidy-up of that part of the website. > As you already have the keyid you can get the complete key from a > keyserver using gpg or from any keyserver with a web interface: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x88C7C1F7&op=index&fingerprint=on Aaah .. thanks for that link - I'd tried a couple of other keyservers, (preconfigured into Windows GPGshell) both of which gave me "No keys found". > I guess the FAQ should be updated. Agreed - either to say to use the keyserver you supplied, or to contain a link to the required key. >> Is this 13Mb keyring also needed by the new package-signature-checking >> apt-get ? > > No, that's a much smaller package, only containing the key for the > debian archive. Thanks for your help. Nick Boyce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]