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bug #36073: no info about how to check signature of octave download

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Tue 03 Apr 2012 03:12:15 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Installation Failure
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Stephan RudlofOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 3.6.1
Operating System: Any

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Wed 04 Apr 2012 03:39:20 PM UTC, comment #2:

Thanks for the info: your hint has resolved my problem.

Haven't seen the README file at the top-level directory of the ftp.gnu.org site, by just following the link
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave
at
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
.
Moreover older versions before octave-2.9.14 are without signature file: this has triggered not looking for a general sig mechanism covering whole ftp://ftp.gnu.org/.

I think a README in
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave
cannot hurt (there are different variants of how projects publish their releases and how they are signed).

Stephan Rudlof <rudlof>
Wed 04 Apr 2012 01:09:04 AM UTC, comment #1:

Does the following import the key for you?

The README file at the top-level directory of the ftp.gnu.org site also includes the following info:

I don't think this is a bug in Octave. If there is a problem, then it is a distribution issue for all GNU packages distributed on ftp.gnu.org. So if you think there is a problem I think the right place to ask is the gnu@gnu.org.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Tue 03 Apr 2012 03:12:15 PM UTC, original submission:

After downloading octave:
+++
sr@numlab:~/Downloads$ ls octave-3.6.1.tar.bz2*
octave-3.6.1.tar.bz2 octave-3.6.1.tar.bz2.sig
sr@numlab:~/Downloads$ gpg -v octave-3.6.1.tar.bz2.sig
gpg: assuming signed data in `octave-3.6.1.tar.bz2'
gpg: Signature made Mi 22 Feb 2012 21:28:55 CET using DSA key ID 5D36644B
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
+++
After looking around for a while for a hint how to get missing public key, now this way.

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