On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Keith Roberts wrote: >> # rpm --import Fedora6-GPG-public-key.asc >> >> and then that objection will be silenced > > Thanks Russ. > > That has cured the problem. > Do I need the .gpg subdirectory in my rpmbuilder homedir? no - that was created by GnuPG for maintaining a keystore, and as the issue was not with gnupg, the ./.gpg is unused > Also, is there an option to rpm and rpmbuild that would > allow me to do all the verification checks, except for the > package signer's pub key check? yes as for rpm, no as for rpmbuild -- Russ herrold