** Description changed:

  Currently, if an Ubuntu developer (or their code) is attempting to
  interact with the precise archive (which is still supported in some form
  via ESM) from a machine running bionic or later, they will run in to
  issues verifying signatures, because the keys used to sign the precise
  archive are no longer included in the default keyring as of bionic.
+ 
+ (Some form of this problem will present every time an archive key
+ rotation happens; eventually the old key will no longer be trusted, and
+ similar failures to the ones today will occur.)
  
  Whilst the old keys should never be used by the system's apt (or other
  installed software), it would be good if there were some way to install
  those keys from the archives for projects which knowingly want to use
  the older signatures.  (The old keys should be in a path that isn't
  currently used by anything, so that they have to be explicitly used.)
  
  (This bug came out of a discussion on
  https://code.launchpad.net/~smoser/vmbuilder/mfdiff-apt-key-
  transition/+merge/313797.)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809027

Title:
  Make retired Ubuntu keyrings available from the archive

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-keyring/+bug/1809027/+subscriptions

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Reply via email to