Re: how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 02 March 2009 12:05:20 marca...@gmail.com wrote: >> I am using a repository that doesn't sign its package. I know and >> trust it. > > That's not exactly what the signatures are about. They are mainly about

Re: how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-02 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:40:54 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > On Monday 02 March 2009 12:05:20 marca...@gmail.com wrote: > > I am using a repository that doesn't sign its package. I know and > > trust it. > > That's not exactly what the signatures are about. They are mainly about > prev

Re: how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 02 March 2009 12:05:20 marca...@gmail.com wrote: > I am using a repository that doesn't sign its package. I know and > trust it. That's not exactly what the signatures are about. They are mainly about preventing MitM attacks, whether from mirror administrators or someone attacking yo

Re: how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-02 Thread David Jardine
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:05:20PM -0500, marca...@gmail.com wrote: > I am using a repository that doesn't sign its package. I know and > trust it. Each time I install, I get the aptitude warning, which is > fine with me. But I wish aptitude would tell me which repository the > package was comin

how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-02 Thread marcausl
I am using a repository that doesn't sign its package. I know and trust it. Each time I install, I get the aptitude warning, which is fine with me. But I wish aptitude would tell me which repository the package was coming from, so I could be absolutely sure it was what I expect. Is there a plac