From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Cc: 22276@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22276: .sig
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:10:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874meuyl39.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d1tjxbmk.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:20:35 +0300")
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès (2016-01-01 21:04 +0300) wrote:
>
>> I’ve amended that section of the manual based on text from the
>> announcement (see
>> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2015-11/msg00002.html>).
>> Step 1 becomes:
>>
>>
>> 1. Download the binary tarball from
>> ‘ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.9.0.SYSTEM.tar.xz’,
>> where SYSTEM is ‘x86_64-linux’ for an ‘x86_64’ machine already
>> running the kernel Linux, and so on.
>>
>> Make sure to download the associated ‘.sig’ file and to verify the
>> authenticity of the tarball against it, along these lines:
>>
>> $ wget ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.9.0.SYSTEM.tar.xz.sig
>> $ gpg --verify guix-binary-0.9.0.SYSTEM.tar.xz.sig
>>
>> If that command fails because you don’t have the required public
>> key, then run this command to import it:
>>
>> $ gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 3D9AEBB5
>
> Being a lazy user, my first question is: «What is this "3D9AEBB5" thing?
I would expect that the command together with the previous sentence
suggest that 3D9AEBB5 identifies the key used to sign the package, no?
> Hm, apparently it is some key, but what key? where did it come from? is
> it from gnu.org or what? maybe it is for "keys.gnupg.net" server? OK, I
> should read gpg manual to find it out… but I won't». And then I will
> not check the signature because I trust the tarball from "gnu.org" but I
> don't trust a thing that I don't understand. (I talk only for myself,
> I think other people are more conscious users)
>
> I think it will be also good to explain what "3D9AEBB5" means.
I would prefer to refer to a more complete document such as the GNU
Privacy Handbook, but I don’t know what its current status is:
https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#AEN136
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-03 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-31 0:19 bug#22276: .sig carl hansen
2016-01-01 18:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-03 9:20 ` Alex Kost
2016-01-03 11:10 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-01-04 9:42 ` Alex Kost
2016-01-04 10:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-03 11:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-01-04 9:50 ` Alex Kost
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