-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am pleased to announce the release of GNU swbis 0.499
GNU swbis is a package management project that implements the ISO/POSIX software administration standard with extensions. The extensions include package embedded GPG signatures, md5 and sha1 digests for the archive and individual files, and support for nil control directories so that a swbis POSIX package looks like and indeed "is a" plain tarball. The scope of swbis is similar to other package managers such as `rpm'. Its scope includes install, create, query, verify functionality but unlike `rpm' does not deal with the software build phase. Although many features and several of the POSIX utilities do not yet exist, existing functionality for source package creation and verification is tested and stable. The `swinstall' utility is tested against thousands of RPMs using its built-in RPM translation capability. Features of swbis: * `swinstall' and `swcopy' are network transparent and *do not* have to be installed on the remote host. 'Swbis' works real hard at not becoming a new requirement on existing GNU hosts. Just send the package to any host that has a POSIX or GNU toolset and also allows you to login via ssh. * `swpackage' mimics the GNU tar output bit-for-bit which allows its use as a directory signing tool and preserves GNU tar as the archive writing utility. The `swign' utility embodies this idea. * The embedded GPG signature design supports multiple signatures and offers full package life cycle protection, including as installed software via the installed software catalog. New in version 0.499: * Added support for using gpg-agent to obtain the passphrase. * Added support for verifying directories exported from CVS. * Added support for creating signed packages from an autoconfiscated Makefile using a Automake target symmetric with existing 'dist-*' targets. * Added sha1 digests for the individual package files. Download: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/swbis/swbis-0.499.tar.gz sha1 checksum: 27d76a6d0d6aee2c6dec04d200b3f76e77b50271 swbis-0.499.tar.gz Signature: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/swbis/swbis-0.499.tar.gz.sig Signed by Jim Lowe: http://savannah.gnu.org/users/jhlowe Home Page: http://www.gnu.org/software/swbis Bug reports should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE6mVAaoGkgF2ZNLERAo56AKCBX7XaAQXsLiTnMxeFVah6pB0XCgCeLUQ0 TR3Xzv8VUkj5uGOb4x9M3JQ= =RySv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
