On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 01:50:01PM -0500, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > Saw these errors from pacman today, which are preventing me from > upgrading some packages: > > error: directfb: signature from "Eric Belanger <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" > is invalid > error: xmms2: signature from "Sergej Pupykin <arch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>" is invalid > error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package > (PGP signature)) > > Anyone have an idea what's up? > > DR Nuke the packages from your cache, and redownload them. The error message is misleading -- the signatures are invalid FOR the packages, meaning the package data is not what the signature "expected". The situation is much improved come pacman 4.1 -- we'll just prompt you to delete the package, much like we did historically when a package failed checksums. d
