debsigs - status and plans?

2021-05-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
[ Added Peter on CC in case he's not reading the -dpkg list ] Hi folks, I'm working on a project where inline signatures on Debian-style packages would be very useful, so I've started playing with debsigs and debsig-verify. Both packages *appear* to be maintained, with uploads during the Bullseye

Re: debsigs - status and plans?

2021-05-17 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2021-05-17 at 12:32:52 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > I'm working on a project where inline signatures on Debian-style > packages would be very useful, so I've started playing with debsigs > and debsig-verify. Both packages *appear* to be maintained, with > uploads during the Bullseye

Re: debsigs - status and plans?

2021-05-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 02:14:09PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: >Hi! > >On Mon, 2021-05-17 at 12:32:52 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> I'm working on a project where inline signatures on Debian-style >> packages would be very useful, so I've started playing with debsigs >> and debsig-verify. Both pa

The primary interface to dpkg

2021-05-17 Thread Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly
Hello, I am puzzled. dpkg/man/dpkg.pod: The primary and more user-friendly front-end for B is B(8). dpkg/README: The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the ‘dselect’ program; a more low-level and less user-friendly interface is available in the form of the ‘dpkg’ command.

Re: The primary interface to dpkg

2021-05-17 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:14:24PM +0200, Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly wrote: > Hello, > > I am puzzled. > > dpkg/man/dpkg.pod: > The primary and more user-friendly > front-end for B is B(8). > > dpkg/README: > The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the ‘dselect’ program; > a more

Re: The primary interface to dpkg

2021-05-17 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Mon, 2021-05-17 at 22:14:24 +0200, Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly wrote: > I am puzzled. > > dpkg/man/dpkg.pod: > The primary and more user-friendly > front-end for B is B(8). > > dpkg/README: > The primary interface for the dpkg suite is the ‘dselect’ program; > a more low-level