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Bug#432309: should check Release signature by default?



found 432309 debootstrap 1.0.0
retitle 432309 should check Release signature by default?
thanks

On Monday 09 July 2007 13:38, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> - I think it would be an improvement if debootstrap would per default
>   use the standard debian-archive-keyring for validating the Release
>   files. It still could allow to select another or disable checking at
>   all (via a new option), thus:

OK, that makes more sense. Reopening and adjusting the title.

> - debootstrap should depend on or at least recommend
>   debian-archive-keyring

I think the last is possibly the main reason why it is currently optional.

> btw: What's the reason to keep both debootstrap and cdebootstrap in
> debian? They seem to be very similar.

Why keep both KDE and Gnome in the archive... OK, that one is a bit more 
extreme, but it's still basically the same question.

Anyway, at least for me personally cdebootstrap has always failed if I 
wanted to setup a pbuilder chroot while debootstrap just worked.



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