[Mageia-dev] Error message while trying checkout a package?with mgarepo

Sun Feb 12 11:30:39 CET 2012

Am 12.02.2012 11:16, schrieb Michael Scherer:
+> Are you sure that you used the complete
+> It seems that the key that was uploaded was not in the good format. Can
+> you make sure that you used the complete ssh key, ie the whole line, not
+> just the binary encoded blurb in the middle. Without the beginning,
+> ( ie ssh-rsa/ssh-dsa ), there is no way it would work, since openssh
+> cannot guess the format and the algo to use.
+>
+> So try again by using the complete line :
+> ssh-rsa XXXx....XXXX foo at example.org
+>
+> And if this solve the problem, could mentors please ensure that newer
+> packagers actually really understand how ssh is supposed to work before
+> directing them to sysadmin for diagnosing the same problem over and
+> over?
+Guilty as charged, but actually Dimitrios was a bit faster then me and I 
+didn't have that much time yesterday to try and work this out.
+
+> ( alternative version : code proper error reporting in identity )
+> ( 2nd alternative version : add a foolproof mgarepo command to create
+> and upload keys into our ldap )
+If any of those two should be done, including it in identity would be 
+the better way, I think.
+We have people aside from packagers with svn commit rights, e.g. the 
+i18n team commiters.
+As an idea: instead of that input field or as an alternative provide a 
+possibility to upload the pubkey file?
+This well make sure, no half keys are uploaded.
+
+Oliver
+