R SIG Debian - May 2010 - "untrusted version" warnings

For awhile, at least a week and probably more, aptitude has been
complaining that R packages are untrusted.  I'm using the amd64
architecture.  The packages are r-cran-{cluster,mass,zoo,matrix,digest}.

There have been a couple of recent threads that seem related, but I'm
having trouble interpreting them or their relevance.

i386 is apparently unsigned, but I'm on amd64.
There is some corruption in the amd64 archive, but "untrusted version"
sounds more like a missing key.
Repeated apt-key del and add has been advised (not sure for which
archive), but is not relevant if the packages aren't signed.

So... what's going on and what should I do?  Is it OK to take the
packages as is?


Thanks.
Ross

On 29 May 2010 at 11:34, Ross Boylan wrote:
| For awhile, at least a week and probably more, aptitude has been
| complaining that R packages are untrusted.  I'm using the amd64
| architecture.  The packages are r-cran-{cluster,mass,zoo,matrix,digest}.
| 
| There have been a couple of recent threads that seem related, but I'm
| having trouble interpreting them or their relevance.
| 
| i386 is apparently unsigned, but I'm on amd64.
| There is some corruption in the amd64 archive, but "untrusted
version"
| sounds more like a missing key.
| Repeated apt-key del and add has been advised (not sure for which
| archive), but is not relevant if the packages aren't signed.
| 
| So... what's going on and what should I do?

Internal technical issues at the archive; we are rebuilding. Among a number
of other chnages we are not currently signing packages or release files.

amd64 is currently NOT being updated.

i386 has new (better) repository you can access via the new URL

     deb http://debian.cran.r-project.org/rep cran2deb main

The URL may change again. Or it may stay. It may one day contain amd64
binaries, or it may not.

| Is it OK to take the packages as is?

Your call. Either way you still have your money-back guarantee :)

-- 
  Regards, Dirk