Re: Is anyone else getting a bad signature from kernel.org's 5.8 sources+Greg's sign?

[David Niklas]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 18:36:08 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 8/5/20 5:59 PM, David Niklas wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I downloaded the kernel sources from kernel.org using curl, then
> > opera, and finally lynx (to rule out an html parsing bug). I did the
> > same with the sign and I keep getting:
> > 
> > %  gpg2 --verify linux-5.8.tar.sign linux-5.8.tar.xz
> > gpg: Signature made Mon Aug  3 00:19:13 2020 EDT
> > gpg:                using RSA key
> > 647F28654894E3BD457199BE38DBBDC86092693E gpg: BAD signature from
> > "Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" [unknown]
> > 
> > I did refresh all the keys just in case.
> > I believe this is important so I'm addressing this to the signer and
> > only CC'ing the list.
> > 
> > If I'm made some simple mistake, feel free to send SIG666 to my
> > terminal. I did re-read the man page just in case.  
> 
> It works successfully for me.
> 
> 
> from https://www.kernel.org/category/signatures.html::
> 
> 
> If you get "BAD signature"
> 
> If at any time you see "BAD signature" output from "gpg2 --verify",
> please first check the following first:
> 
>     Make sure that you are verifying the signature against the .tar
> version of the archive, not the compressed (.tar.xz) version. Make sure
> the the downloaded file is correct and not truncated or otherwise
> corrupted.
> 
> If you repeatedly get the same "BAD signature" output, please email
> helpdesk@xxxxxxxxxx, so we can investigate the problem.
> 
> 
> 

Many thanks. I've never seen a signature done that way before, but I
understand why you would do it that way.

David