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Re: key verification for apt in experimental



On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 19:33, sean finney wrote:
> hi guys,
> 
> first off, great job with integrating the keychecking into apt.  i just
> installed the version out of experimental and it went absolutely
> seamlessly. i've noticed error messages from my non-us sources, but
> i'm guessing i just need to add another key with apt-key.
> 
> anyway, perhaps this is a feature request, perhaps it's something
> that's already available... is there any way to know about the packages
> that _are_ verified?  as it is right now, it warns me about all the
> unsigned/unverified packages before i install them, but i was thinking
> it might be nice from a user perspective to see a little message about
> the verified packages too.  like:
> 
> sativa[/home/seanius]19:26:26# apt-get install package
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   package
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get xxxkB of archives.
> After unpacking xxxkB of additional disk space will be used.
> Successfully verified integrity of 1/1 packages
> ...
> 
> 
> i know it's completely unneccesary, but it'd be quite comforting to the
> average user to see that...  what do you think?

I think it would certainly be reassuring to see a message along those
lines.

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