Fwupd: WARNING: This package has not been validated, it may not work properly

[haunt98]

Describe the question
Whenever I use fwupdmgr, It shows:

WARNING: This package has not been validated, it may not work properly.

fwupd version information
Please provide the version of the daemon and client if applicable to your current installation of fwupd.

$ fwupdmgr --version
client version: 1.5.2
compile-time dependency versions
    gusb:   0.3.5

daemon version: 1.5.2

I use Arch Linux if it helps

[haunt98]

It seem disappear after update to version fwupd 1.5.2-2 in Arch Linux

[prestevez]

I'm getting the same message, though I'm on pop OS and using the latest/stable snap installation of fwupd.

client version: 1.5.2
compile-time dependency versions
    gusb:   0.3.5

daemon version: 1.5.2

Not sure if related, but I also get an error when trying to refresh:

WARNING: This package has not been validated, it may not work properly.
Updating lvfs
Downloading…             [***************************************]
Invalid compressed data

Haven't tried updating to 1.5.2-2 though.

[hughsie]

WARNING: This package has not been validated, it may not work properly.

We've done zero QA on the snap package, see https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2020/11/23/fwupd-1-5-2/ for why it's marked as non-validated.

Invalid compressed data

You're probably mixing the snap installed and library versions. See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/pull/2615 for the debugging.

[prestevez]

Thanks @hughsie,

I removed the snap installation and fell back on the system version (1.3.11) and it now worked like a charm. It identified several upgrades that the snap version had missed.