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Re: Unable to use `package-refresh-contents`: Bad signature from GNU ELP


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: Unable to use `package-refresh-contents`: Bad signature from GNU ELPA Signing Agent
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:40:07 +0100

Nicky Chorley <nick.chorley@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm running Emacs 25.3.1 on Slackware Linux 14.2 and `M-x
> package-refresh-contents` is giving the following error:
>
> Failed to verify signature archive-contents.sig:
> Bad signature from 474F05837FBDEF9B GNU ELPA Signing Agent
> <elpasign@elpa.gnu.org>
> Command output:
> gpg: Signature made Fri 08 Feb 2019 10:15:04 PM GMT using DSA key ID 7FBDEF9B
> gpg: BAD signature from "GNU ELPA Signing Agent <elpasign@elpa.gnu.org>"
>
> I don't recall changing anything in my config recently. Just to see if
> that was causing a problem, I did remove my config (.emacs and
> .emacs.d), but the problem persisted.
>
> Any ideas about what's causing this?

My crystal ball says youʼre using http to download the archives. Try
switching to https.

If that solves it you have a broken proxy somewhere between you and
the package archive server.

Robert



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