[Samba] SAMBA Sernet REPO - missing repomd.xml.key

[Rowland Penny]

On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:01:40 +0000
Tomáš Havlín via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hello Samba users,
> I’m running into an issue when upgrading from SAMBA+ 4.22 to 4.23
> (and also with a fresh 4.23 installation).
> When using the SerNet SAMBA+ 4.23 repository, dnf fails because the
> file repodata/repomd.xml.key is missing in the 4.23 repository.
> The same file is present and accessible in the 4.22 repository, and
> the configuration works there without any problems.
> 
> With repo_gpgcheck / gpgcheck enabled, the 4.23 repo cannot be used 
> as-is.
> I’m aware that disabling metadata verification is a possible
> workaround, but this does not look like an intended or clean solution.
> 
> This looks like either:
> 
> a packaging / repository metadata issue on the SerNet side, or
> 
> an undocumented change in how the 4.23 repository metadata is signed.
> 
> Could someone please confirm whether this is a known issue, or if
> there was an intentional change in the repository signing for SAMBA+
> 4.23?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any clarification.
> 
> Best regards
> bB.
> 

Hopefully this will be picked up by one of Samba team members at Sernet.

You really should report this to Sernet, the Samba+ packages have
nothing to do with Samba, Sernet takes the Samba code and packages it
up for various distros as a commercial service.

Rowland