RPM4 cannot validate GPG signature of RPM3 packages (eg. VMware repository)

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • rpm -K and up2date fail stating the GPG signature is not valid.

  • Re-signing the packages with antoher GPG key does not solve the problem; there appears to be multiple signatures on the packages and only one is updated with a "rpm --resign". The package still fails to validate after resigning.

  • This issue is frequently encountered with the VMware repository, whether when importing vmware-tools RPMs from http://packages.vmware.com/tools/ in a Satellite channel or installing them.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4

  • RPM4 or later

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