[PlanetCCRMA] Strange message from apt-get

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

>    apt-get seems to be working, but I get this message.
>    This is an 8.0 machine.
> 
> [root@jack1 root]# apt-get dist-upgrade
> error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#    1455 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD,
> key ID db42a60e

Sounds like an internal inconsistency in the rpm database (your guess as
to why it as good as mine). You could try rebuilding it:
  rpmbuild --rebuilddb
(or maybe "rpm --rebuilddb"? I don't have the 8.0 up to test it). 
-- Fernando