kernel install-checksig errors

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Harry G wrote:
> Using Suse 7.3  current kernel 2.4.10
> 
> Downloaded 2.4.16 from Suse site. Ran rpm -v --checksig (as user) and 
> got the following:
> 
> harrycg at linux:~/dloads/kernel> rpm -v --checksig 
> kernel-source-2.4.16.SuSE-24.i386.rpm
> kernel-source-2.4.16.SuSE-24.i386.rpm:
> MD5 sum OK: 49f713ff038083344572ddc3c127b2b1
> gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> gpg: Signature made Wed 19 Dec 2001 02:49:23 PM EST using DSA key ID 
> 9C800ACA
> gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
> 
> Being this is the first time I am trying to upgrade the kernel, the 
> insecure memory and public key not found errors concern me.  Obviously, 
> I don't want to continue until I understand this.  (If you have seen my 
> other posts, you know that I am still a newbie, and have a real 
> tendency to screw up things.  Should have been a politician).
> 
> Anyone able to help here?

You need to have GPG installed, with the public key for whoever signed 
the RPM.  All of this is purely optional, especially since the MD5 sum 
checked out ok.

Then again, you could avoid all of this headache by simply building 
2.4.18 from source.

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