Re: dpkg-sig support wanted?
* Henning Makholm:
>> I wouldn't use real base64, though, because it would mean that you can
>> use its hashed output as a file name.
>
> Good point. One might replace "/" with "_" and omit the final "=".
> Having a "+" in the hash should be safe in most contexts.
It should be replaced with "-". Beyond alphanumerics, only ".", "_",
"-" are in the POSIX portable filename character set[1], and some
systems do not allow the character "+" in file names.
[1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_03_276
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