Re: Upstream Tarball Signature Files
Paul Hardy <unifoundry@gmail.com> writes:
> If it is permissible to rename a ".sig" file as ".asc", I think that is
> the best solution because it copies the original signature file
> unmodified. I tried it previously and it worked, but it seemed to me
> like masquerading (because a binary file obviously is not an
> ASCII-armored file) and not right.
Oh, sorry, I'd missed that it was the binary format. Yeah, in that case
it can't just move the file -- it has to ASCII-armor it. But still, I
think that's the right thing for the tools to do, not add another file.
(The ASCII format is completely equivalent to the binary format; the
conversion shouldn't lose or change any data.)
> The first part of my request was going to suggest adding ".asc" files in
> examples. The Policy Manual gives sample lists of files that appear in
> the Files and Checksums sections (5.6.21 and 5.6.24) of ".dsc" and
> ".changes" files using "example_1.2.orig.tar.gz" and
> "example_1.0.orig.tar.gz". Do you think it is appropriate to mention
> that those sections may contain signature files of the form
> "example_1.[02].orig.tar.gz.asc", showing that file name with the other
> files? There seems to be no mention of such a file in the Policy
> Manual. Sections 5.6.21 and 5.6.24 are where I thought of requesting
> changes.
I think it would be appropriate to document how to include upstream
signature files in a Debian source package, absolutely. (That's quite a
bit more than just adding them to examples.)
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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