Why does an rpm query or install fail with the error `error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# Header V3 DSA signature: BAD`?
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Why does an rpm query or install fail with the error
error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# Header V3 DSA signature: BAD?$ rpm -Uvh package-name-version-release.arch.rpm warning: package-name-version-release.arch.rpm : V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e Preparing... ########################################### [100%] error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 753 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e error: rpmdbAdd: skipping h# 754 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 753 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 187 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e # $ rpm -qa | grep cups error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 753 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 192 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20 hal-cups-utils-0.5.2-8 cups-libs-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.20 libgnomecups-0.1.12-5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
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