Thread: apt-get update issues with signature
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2011-09-09 , 08:38
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Originally Posted by vignes_k View Post
W: GPG error: https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com ./ Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY ADB4438160A655EF
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

this is the message i get when i run apt-get update.
will this pose a problem?
It doesn't prevent anything from working, so there's no functionality issues.

The only potential issue is that the site may not be the correct downloads.maemo.nokia.com site (without a validated signature, it's going to be difficult to pick up if the key changes). Theoretically that would allow someone to push malware onto your system. With the (relatively) small number of N900s out there, it's highly unlikely that anyone would go to all the trouble though.
 

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