Subject: bug#17625: 24.4.50; All installed packages marked "unsigned", no archive listed

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:21:47 -0400

> 1- why have `package-desc-signed' (and the foo.signed files)?  I don't
>    think APT has such a feature and I'm wondering what would be
>    the interest.  In any case given that all packages installed so far
>    are not signed, the `list-packages' currently shouldn't scream
>    "unsigned" since it's the normal expected case.

I just installed a patch which keeps the foo.signed infrastructure but
disables the "unsigned" mention in list-packages.

        Stefan