Arch Linux is adding source signing PGP keys to their package source tree alongside PKGBUILDs in the form keys/pgp/$fingerprint.asc. As the PGP keyserver infrastructure is a mess, this helps other people validate sources in a PKGBUILD.
Add the keys to source packages if found alongside the PKGBUILD. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <[email protected]> --- I won't be committing this until the relevant Arch devtools patch is accepted so that the keys/pgp/ path is finalised. scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index 69757d03..bddcbe03 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -705,6 +705,16 @@ create_srcpackage() { done pkgname=(${pkgname_backup[@]}) + # add a copy of source PGP signing public keys if availabe in keys/pgp/<fingerprint>.asc + local key + for key in ${validpgpkeys[@]}; do + if [[ -f keys/pgp/$key.asc ]]; then + mkdir -p "${srclinks}/${pkgbase}/keys/pgp/" + ln -s "${startdir}/keys/pgp/$key.asc" "${srclinks}/${pkgbase}/keys/pgp/" + fi + done + + local fullver=$(get_full_version) local pkg_file="$SRCPKGDEST/${pkgbase}-${fullver}${SRCEXT}" -- 2.36.1
