Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.28 Severity: wishlist =====> I am CC'ing this message to <debian-devel> for discusion. <===== Dear dpkg Developers and Maintainers, I am Debian GNU/Linux Consultant in Strasbourg/France and building my own Debian-CD's for installation at my customers. Those CD's contain beside the standard D-I per customer config packages. The problem is that such Packages can contain sensible data of customers so my idea is, to add GnuPG cryption support for the Debian packages. I would suggest to add a new header like "Crypted: <gpg_key>" and then crypt the data.tar.gz (in the Debian package). dpkg (also apt-get, aptitude and synaptic) should detect the additional header and act as required. Since the CRYPT option is only an extension, it will not affect ANY existing Debian packages. Also should "dpkg-buildpackage" support the new extension to crypt the data part. Additional note: The CRYPT extension should only affect Binary-Packages and not sources. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-386 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.28 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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