does anyone know how to deal with something like the below... Code: :: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/dhcpcd-6.8.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)). Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] y error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. ...other than simply ignore it ("--ignore" flag) as I've been doing?
Have you tried to re-install the package? Just noticed that this is the 32bit version - aren't you running a 64bit system? If that fails there might be a problem with the mirror used by you. You might try to execute Code: sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync and then resync with Code: sudo pacman -Syu EDIT: Another possible solution.
Thank you for the suggestions tlu. Unfortunately neither one worked. I'm using a 32 bit Arch on one machine and 64 bit on another, and the problem occurs on both. I even deleted the package manually then tried to re-install with sudo pacman -S dhcp but to no avail.
In this case I assume that there is a problem with your mirror. I suggest that you check if it's one of the successfully syncing mirrors. My recommendation is to use the excellent Reflector script that ensures that your mirrorlist always contains the fastest and most reliable mirrors. I'm running the following script in /etc/cron.hourly : Code: #!/bin/bash cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak reflector -c DE -c FR -c DK -c NL -c NO -l 20 -p http --sort score --fastest 10 --threads 2 --save /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist You have to replace the country codes with the ones fitting for you, of course, or simply remove them at all. EDIT: A more detailed description of the Reflector syntax/options is here. EDIT2: Just as an example - my current mirrorlist looks like this: Code: ################################################################################ ################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector ################# ################################################################################ # With: reflector -c DE -c FR -c DK -c NL -c NO -l 20 -p http --sort score --fastest 10 --threads 2 --save /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist # When: 2015-04-15 09:01:18 UTC # From: https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/ # Retrieved: 2015-04-15 09:01:04 UTC # Last Check: 2015-04-15 08:38:34 UTC Server = http://mirror.one.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.my-universe.com/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://os-sharing.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://mirror.lightcone.eu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.honkgong.info/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://mirror.tyborek.pl/arch/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.mailtunnel.eu/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://arch.yourlabs.org/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://archlinux.mirror.pkern.at/$repo/os/$arch
hi Thomas, I ran the Reflector command which generated a new mirrorlist, I backed up my old one, ran sudo pacman -Syu but the same problem again I even deleted the previous dhcpcd version, tried re-installing, but no luck again. Even tried the AUR install (yaourt dhcpcd) and same problem. Maybe some problem with the region i'm in?? who knows, just an odd problem. Maybe eventually I'll come up with something. Thanks again for your help
This is really strange ... Have you tried to manually download the packages from here and here by clicking "Download From Mirror" and to install them with sudo pacman -U ... ? I don't think so. Reflector should give you the best mirrors available. But you can try to omit the country codes at all and just execute Code: reflector -l 20 -p http --sort score --fastest 10 --save /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist to get you the best mirrors from all over the world.
Well I Googled a bit and found a solution, even it's not the best one. I temporarily added SigLevel=Never under the Core repository line in the pacman.conf file, then just installed dhcpcd, so it didn't check the package signature before installing. This was quite a baffling problem but at least it didn't cause any usability grief Thanks again for your help, Thomas. Much appreciated. BTW, I sure like the new mirrorlist the Reflector command generated. The refreshes seem to be the fastest I've seen yet.
Okay, but please revert this setting again. - I still don't really understand what happened to you. Did you also try to manually download the packages? Yes, Reflector is really good. BTW, I just noticed that my examples were rather misleading: the option Code: --save /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist should actually read Code: --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Sorry for that! The reason was that I'm currently testing delta updates . I created a mirrorlist called deltamirrorlist Code: Server = http://delta.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/$arch and a second one called reflectormirrorlist. So the complete script in cron.hourly is actually Code: #!/bin/bash cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak reflector -c DE -c FR -c DK -c NL -c NO -l 20 -p http --sort score --fastest 10 --threads 2 --save /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist cat /etc/pacman.d/deltamirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/reflectormirrorlist > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist I had forgotten to edit for you. I sincerely hope that you were not too confused
I reverted to the previous setting after the install. I didn't try the manual download because it looks to be the same package as the one obtained through pacman. Thanks Thomas, no harm was done or real confusion on my part
Actually, I finally fixed this simply with the command: Code: archlinux-keyring link: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191279
