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Credential error on arch update inside distrobox : is there permanent fix? (self.linux)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by someacnt to c/[email protected]
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I have this distrobox container which is running arch. Time to time, when I update the container, I often confront a pacman error due to some GPG credentials related issues, and the update just halts.

Indeed, there is a solution involving updating GPG keys, which does work. However, having to look it up every time I have the issue is not ideal. I want to fix this one once-and-for-all.

Do you guys happen to know the core reason of this behavior? Is this happening due to incorrect setup, or is it a characteristics of Arch? How can I fix this issue (semi-)permanently? Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can write a pacman hook to just run the fix PreTransaction.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Hooks

https://man.archlinux.org/man/alpm-hooks.5