,----[ policy.sgml:9806-9809 ]- | In the future binary packages may also contain other | components, such as checksums and digital signatures. The | format for the archive is described in full in the | <file>deb(5)</file> man page. `---- If I'm understanding apt-secure(8) and other documentation correctly, we already have those capabilities in debsig-verify and the Release file. If true, wouldn't that make the paragraph quoted outdated, and thus a candidate for deletion? Attached is a patch that deletes the paragraph, if by some miracle I turn out to be right. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ 43190205 | Mail/Jabber/Yahoo/MSN: BrianLRyans@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ /* Witty quotes of 68 chars or less here. Email me for more info. */
From 60b2721888f245417fd5ce34f7ef812097c511b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Ryans <BrianLRyans@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:47:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove mention of signed packages in the future
As we presently have debsig-verify, this paragraph's obsolete.
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policy.sgml | 7 -------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index edd1faf..088114f 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9802,13 +9802,6 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
directories to be installed.
</p>
- <p>
- In the future binary packages may also contain other
- components, such as checksums and digital signatures. The
- format for the archive is described in full in the
- <file>deb(5)</file> man page.
- </p>
-
<sect id="pkg-bincreating"><heading>Creating package files -
<prgn>dpkg-deb</prgn>
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