Re: Signature problem ...
On Sun, Mar 22, 1998 at 06:58:44PM +0800, luther@skyinet.net wrote:
> i have tried to recompile the hello package, and sign it, now that i understood how to make pgp work.
>
> but when dpkg-buildpackage has finished compiling, and is signing the package, he is searching for the original package maintainer pgp key, witch i don't have (i think they are in the maintainer keyring, do i need them ?) what is the correct way of handling that, and what is the correct way of recompiling for another architecture, you sign with your pgp key, with the maintainer one, you don't sign it ?
As Manoj says it uses the name of the last developer's entry in
debian/changelog for the username for pgp. The developer key ring won't
help -- you need the developer's private key to sign something
and would you believe, they're not in the keyring :-)
hamish
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