site. But
apparently the certificates are better maintained. I ended up doing my download, which is
still in progress, from the
site.
Thanks for the help and info.
Python3 compiled very nicely. But it wouldn't do much because the old openssl
didn't have all the api's it needed. Which I experience first and then found in
the configure messages. I could see this was going to be a pointless rabbit hole. Which
is usually the case.
I think I was fairly smart about my partitioning last time, so I'm hoping I can just
upgrade the system partition and won't have to export and import much.
I'll have to reinstall stuff, so I'll dump my history first.
-Gary
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:48:05AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
Quoting Gary (saclug(a)garymcglinn.com):
I was trying to do an install/build on my Fedora
23 development
system, which, admittedly, is old. My python version was too old. I
decided to get the latest Fedora and upgrade things. When I tried to
initiate the download I received an invalid certificate error.
Really. Considering what I'm downloading, I decided not to override.
Fedora Project is here:
https://getfedora.org/
I don't see any site-certificate problems, but frankly for a distro ISO
you ought to check SHA256SUMs and their PGP signatures. (Whether the
site SSL cert is attested by Certificate Authorities is not the relevant
question.) On that site, I see download links for three official
editions (Server, Workstation, and IoT) and two "Emerging Editions"
(CoreOS and Silverblue).
I test-downloaded Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso . They make
it hard to find the files to verify download -- which IMO is pretty
irresponsible. To find them, you have to follow the "learn more' link,
then the Download tab, then scroll way down to the bottom-left where
they have
We take security seriously.
Once you have downloaded an image, be sure to verify it for both
security and integrity.
Verify your download. [link]
Hey, RHAT assclowns! If you took security seriously, you would make
these details as prominent as the ISO downloads.
Anyway, following all those links takes you finally to
https://getfedora.org/en/security/ , where (finally) there are checksums
for various things and access to the Fedora signing keyring and a
reminder of how to use that.
Anyone else seen this? I consider this a sign of
rapidly approaching
death, most of the time. Also, I couldn't find the usual "spins"
option for the download. I like to use XFCE.
"Spins" have apparently been fobbed off onto a separate site,
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/xfce/
That site displays the same irresponsibility about verification
information, it being banished to a hidden-away "Verify your Download!"
page.
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