Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 274721
RFE: ask for GPG key URL
Last modified: 2008-05-28 15:11:39 EDT
Description of problem: This is a feature request. Currently when it is about to install some package which cannot be verified because there's no corresponding GPG key on the database, it (correctly) advises about how dangerous it is to install unverified packages and asks for confirmation. IMHO it could provide a better service by providing a "Import Key" button on the warning dialog which would allow the user to provide a URL to download and import the corresponding GPG key. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.3.9 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.try to install package for which there's no GPG key on the DB 2. 3. Actual results: pirut warns about the absence of a key and asks the user to confirm the operation. If user wants to first install the GPG key, he has to abort installation, import GPG key and then retry installation. Expected results: pirut could provide a "Import Key" button that would allow the user to type a URL to download the corresponding GPG key, which would then be used to verify the pending package Additional info:
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This isn't going to get changed at this point as pirut is pretty much entirely EOL'd and only getting critical fixes for older releases. In Fedora 9 and later, any such concerns can be filed against PackageKit/gnome-packagekit.