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Re: TESTING - jdk (java) update for SL4 and SL5
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Shane Voss <[log in to unmask]>
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Shane Voss <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:46 +0000
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Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 04:03:00PM -0600, Troy Dawson wrote:
>> Note: jdk-1.6.0_17-fcs.x86_64.rpm is not signed, and we cannot sign it 
>> without breaking it.

> Can you fix "yum" instead, so all updates are not blocked by the unsigned jdk rpm,
> requiring that I go to each machine and fix the "jdk" rpm by hand?

We use a script to move such ill-behaved RPMs in to a separate repository, and 
then configure that repo (only) to allow unsigned RPMs to be installed.

Re-arranging the SL repos in this way might be the least effort work-around.
It could also potentially give folk the option of deciding if they are happy 
to install unsigned packages.

    Shane
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Shane Voss, Computing Officer, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

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