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Re: --keep-signatures flag (was Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Pull / Push based M
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Tom Lord |
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Re: --keep-signatures flag (was Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Pull / Push based Mirror) |
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Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:17:54 -0800 (PST) |
> From: John F Meinel Jr <address@hidden>
> Also, the issue with signing is that I _don't_ want to sign a mirror. I
> want to keep the original signature. ~/.arch-params/signing/=default is
> the _default_ way to sign an archive. To copy signatures you need to
> tell the local archive what signatures you want, and that means
> modifying the ~/.arch-params/signing/<archive> file. I'm just asking for
> an argument to make-archive that creates that file and fills it out
> correctly for you.
> I'm willing to make the change, but since I'm new to the project, I
> wanted to get some feedback to see if it might get integrated back into
> mainstream tla. I realize with tla I can maintain my own branch. But I
> don't really want to.
> So what do people think? Is --keep-signature a good option name?
Sure. This should be a change confined entirely to cmd-make-archive.c
> How should it handle it if the original archive isn't signed?
> How is that currently handled?
You get an error message the first time you try to copy a signature to
the mirror.
> Also, should I be discussing this on the Users list, or is this more of
> a devel list question.
Devel list? We don't have a separate developers' list at the moment.
-t