Unable to update/upgrade Fedora-16 due to yum Transaction error

[Kevin Martin]

On 01/27/2012 10:21 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 27.01.2012 17:14, schrieb Kevin Martin:
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>> On 01/27/2012 09:56 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> Am 27.01.2012 16:15, schrieb Kevin Martin:
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>>>> On 01/27/2012 08:51 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>>> Am 27.01.2012 15:34, schrieb Kaushik Guha:
>>>>>> Dear Friends,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While upgrading through "Yumex" ,everything is running well,except a problem is 
>>>>>> occurring while upgrading packages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 19:46:52 : YUM: warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 8296fa0f: NOKEY
>>>>>> /19:46:52 : ERROR: Error in yum Transaction : Public key for npapi-vlc-1.2.0-0.3gitf568362.fc17.x86_64.rpm is not
>>>>>> installed/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How to rectify the error in yum Transaction,on the last line.Please Help me.
>>>>> this package must not be in the F16 repo and i guess this is already fixed
>>>>> throw away yumex and type "yum cleanall && yum upgrade" in a root-shell if
>>>>> you do not want to wait
>>>>>
>>>> Install the public key or turn on "no GPG check" under options in Yumex.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>> why in the world do you give such TOTALLY WRONG advises
>>> after a correct answer?
>>>
>>> a) .fc17 is not intented to be for F16
>>> b) "noGPG check" generally to set is a dumb action
>>>
>> Oh, and by the way, it's "advice", not advises, and your "correct answer" was not necessarily correct at all, just
>> your shooting your mouth off without doing any actual research as to what may have occurred.  If you can't offer
>> semi-knowledgeable advice, don't attack people who do.
> "yum clean all && yum upgrade" wil solve 99 out of 100 dependecnie/repo-problems
> if you do not want to use a shell wait until it goes away over the time
> the third option is make a bugreport that the repo needs to be fixed
>
> tell someone he should disable gpgcheck is dumb, because you suggest if people
> have problems they should do this - WTF do you understand why this exists and
> what damage are hapenning if you get a bad core-package on your system which
> was only installed because you disabled gpgcheck?
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yum clean all and yum upgrade will solve some problems, but certainly not 99% of them.  For example, I *am* a tester of rawhide and
have been fighting a battle with the x11 updates.  I finally removed about 25 x11 packages that I determined weren't necessary on my
system, ran the yum update, and finally was able to get my x11 updated.  yum clean all would not have done *anything* to correct
that issue. 

And yes, I'm well aware of what the gpgchecking does and why it should not be disabled.  However, being able to disable it is there
for a reason and he was trying to update a package from a repository that he knows and, presumably, trusts.  And sometimes the gpg
keys aren't available or are screwed up. 

Kevin
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