can't authenticate update

rikona rikona at sonic.net
Sun Oct 7 17:00:12 UTC 2012


Hello Colin,

Sunday, October 7, 2012, 1:06:50 AM, Colin wrote:

> On 7 October 2012 03:52, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> Using 10.04, routinely updated. I just got an update manager
>> notice, but when I said do it, I get a msg that the updates can't
>> be authenticated. It's mostly for python and xslt. Why do I get
>> that msg, and how can I know if is it safe to update?

> Try again in a few hours, it may just be a temporary issue with the
> repository. If you still get a problem then first google for the
> error message but if that does not help then post the exact message
> you see.

Tried it again today and it went through OK. Yesterday I tried a few
times over an hour or two, but it looks like that was not a long
enough time.

Thanks very much for the reply. It's nice when problems are that easy
to take care of... :-) 

-- 

 rikona        





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