Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk

2009-12-31 Thread Eric Blake
Jim Meyering meyering.net> writes: > > git config user.signingkey > > I'd rather not, since there's no guarantee that > it won't have changed between the tagging operation > and whenever someone runs the announcement-generating rule. On the other hand, we should probably kill the (unused) VC-ta

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk

2009-12-31 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: > Jim Meyering meyering.net> writes: > >> I've long wanted to avoid hard-coding my GPG key ID >> in each project's cfg.mk file. The stumbling block was >> how to derive the key ID from the tag signature. >> I wanted to avoid relying on the content of gpgv's (gpg --verify's) >> d

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk

2009-12-31 Thread Eric Blake
Jim Meyering meyering.net> writes: > I've long wanted to avoid hard-coding my GPG key ID > in each project's cfg.mk file. The stumbling block was > how to derive the key ID from the tag signature. > I wanted to avoid relying on the content of gpgv's (gpg --verify's) > diagnostic, but it seems ot

[PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk

2009-12-31 Thread Jim Meyering
one perl module) do precisely that, so maybe it's good enough. If anyone knows of a better way, please tell us. >From d91a0d2dc678afe8a2c696077f0640e6874f52bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:31:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require exp