On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 04:07:41AM +1000, Robert.King@mailbox.gu.edu.au wrote: > Hello, > I had gnupg installed, but no key generated (and I can't generate one > at the moment for security reasons), so I am trying to use pgp to sign > with. I ran > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > and got an error emssage, saying there was no key for my email address, > which is right, because it was using gpg. I tried > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -spgps > or > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -ppgps -spgp > and both times got the error message > > signfile htp_1.11-1.dsc > Unrecognized option -s > > SO then, I gave up and removed gnupg from my machine entirely and tried > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > which built the package, but didn't sign anything > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Robert. > ---- > Robert King, Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia > Currently on Research leave (returning to Australia, end of January 2001) > contact me by email > Robert.King@mailbox.gu.edu.au http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/robertk/ > > "How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are for. I only > coded it." > (Attributed to Linus Torvalds, somewhere in a posting) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > man dpkg-buildpackage isn't very clear cause it says: "-sa forces the inclusion of the original source; -sd forces its exclusion and includes only the diff." So at this moment you think that -s flag is an option for original source, but then, under an other section: "-psign-command When dpkg-buildpackage needs to execute GPG or PGP to sign a source control (.dsc) file or a .changes file it will run sign-command" Regards, -- Davide Puricelli, evo@windnet.it | apurice@tin.it Debian Developer: evo@debian.org | http://www.debian.org PGP key: finger evo@debian.org UIN: 2885982
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