cron.daily job results in "error: GPG validation failed!"

[Brian Murray]

Binary package hint: spamassassin

After upgrading to Intrepid I received the following e-mail:

/etc/cron.daily/spamassassin:
error: GPG validation failed!
The update downloaded successfully, but the GPG signature verification
failed.
channel: GPG validation failed, channel failed

I'm using spamassassin version 3.2.5-1ubuntu1 and one can manually recreate this error just by running the cronjob e.g. 'sudo /etc/cron.daily/spamassassin'.

WORKAROUND:
    wget http://spamassassin.apache.org/updates/GPG.KEY
    sa-update --import GPG.KEY

[glenstewart (glen-stewart)]

The workaround doesn't seem to be working anymore.

There is a LONG discussion of this problem at http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_view_flat;post=129005;page=1;mh=-1;list=spamassassin;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC

These steps seemed to help, but I confess I don't fully know what I'm doing:

1. install the missing re2c package (on Ubuntu Intrepid)
2. change the reference to sa-update in /etc/cron.daily/spamassassin to
             sa-update --gpgkey 6C6191E3 --channel sought.rules.yerp.org
3. manually run sa-update --gpgkey 6C6191E3 --channel sought.rules.yerp.org
             if no errors, proceed with next step.
4. manually run sa-compile
             if no errors, proceed with next step.
5. manually run invoke-rc.d spamassassin reload

From this point on, daily updates don't fail.

[Justin Mason (jm-jmason)]

ignore that last comment!

"sought.rules.yerp.org" is a third-party addon ruleset, and not part of the default sa-update setup (either from upstream or in Intrepid). it, and that mailing list thread, are irrelevant to this bug.

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

This bug has been fixed in the Debian package in version 3.2.5-2. Since a more recent version is available in jaunty, it is also probably fixed in Ubuntu.