On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 04:12:39PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Your UUID is the pkg+version+arch. From my viewpoint it's as simple as > > that. Maybe the official policy needs to be updated so that it is clear > > that any change to the binary packages, including just compile time changes, > > requires a version update? That way you could change your "sigs" as often > > as you'd like but you would know that a particular build was a particular > > build. > > Ben neglected to talk about the signing policy .... > > You compile your package and upload it (signed by you) to unstable. 6 months > later, when we are ready to release the Release Manager has a Release Key and > the packages themselves are signed by this key. Using md5sums fail here > because the contents of the deb have changed (the sig was added). The version > number should not be bumped because there is no packaging change.
Plus pkg+version+arch is not always enough. Note (even though it is a bug/mistake in it's own right), there are potato/woody packages with the same version and arch, that are not the same binary. This is very important from a security/signing standpoint. Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
