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pgoetz

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From: Austin, Texas

Registered: 2014-02-21

Posts: 355

[SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

I've been using the same USB Arch ISO for a number of test installs, following the Beginner's Guide.  Today, when running

pacstrap -i /mnt base

I was asked to import someone's signing key, as described here.  This thread was closed as solved.  I understand PGP signing keys, but don't understand why I wasn't ask to import specific Arch developer's keys in previous installs?  Is it because I need to refresh my ISO file?

In any case, this is not documented in the Beginner's Guide and is likely to confuse new users; who won't have any idea who, for example, Anatol Pomozov is.

Last edited by pgoetz (2014-03-11 17:04:25)

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: [SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

I understand PGP signing keys, but don't understand why I wasn't ask to import specific Arch developer's keys in previous installs?  Is it because I need to refresh my ISO file?

Excatly Exactly.

Damn typo.

Last edited by x33a (2014-03-13 05:45:34)

pgoetz

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From: Austin, Texas

Registered: 2014-02-21

Posts: 355

Re: [SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

Excatly --> Exactly.  Thanks for the confirmation.  I'll mark this issue as SOLVED.

x33a

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Re: [SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

By the way, you are free to edit the wiki. Just need to create a separate account for that.

Edit: Since the latest ISO was released on 1st March, this key might not be present in that ISO. Though it should be in the next one.

Last edited by x33a (2014-03-11 17:09:34)

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,218

Re: [SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

I think the wiki is fine since at the top it does say "Prepare the latest installation medium
The latest release of the installation media can be obtained from the Download page."
With that said, you can update the sig keys and if you wish to add that fact into the wiki, by all means, do so.  It is a communal wiki.

pgoetz

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From: Austin, Texas

Registered: 2014-02-21

Posts: 355

Re: [SOLVED] Why suddenly must one import keys for new installs?

By the way, you are free to edit the wiki. Just need to create a separate account for that.

Thanks.  I've already been editing the Wiki quite a bit.  While I mostly agree with frank604 on this one, but it probably wouldn't hurt to put a note after the pacstrap instruction, since lot's of people will overlook the Prepare the latest installation medium tip.  People coming from other distros will not be used to the pace of updates on Arch, and this seems like the primary demographic looking at the Beginner's Guide.