Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.21 Severity: important Tags: patch The dpkg(8) manpage don't even mention the --force-bad-verify option, that is listed with dpkg --force-help. Because packages in official Debian archives are not signed, the dpkg system becomes unusuable when debsig-verify is installed, and the user, even reading the manpage, cannot see the solution... diff -rU 1 dpkg-1.10.10/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml --- dpkg-1.10.10/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml 2002-05-13 23:00:32.000000000 +0200 +++ dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml 2003-05-10 18:44:58.000000000 +0200 @@ -1020,2 +1020,10 @@ <varlistentry> + <term>bad-verify</term> + + <listitem><para> + Install a package even if it fails authenticity check. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>depends</term> diff -rU 1 dpkg-1.10.10/man/fr/dpkg.8 dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/fr/dpkg.8 --- dpkg-1.10.10/man/fr/dpkg.8 2002-05-31 21:49:12.000000000 +0200 +++ dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/fr/dpkg.8 2003-05-10 18:47:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -383,2 +383,5 @@ +\fBbad-verify\fP: +Installer un paquet même si son authenticité ne peut être vérifiée + \fBdepends\fP: -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux imperatrice.arcanes 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-7 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11woody1 The GNU stdc++ library -- mailto:pierre.thierry@moine-fou.org OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A
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