GNU bug report logs - #17625
details of package signing mechanism

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Message #20 received at 17625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 17625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17625: 24.4.50;
 All installed packages marked "unsigned", no archive listed
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:48:56 -0400

clone 17625 -1
retitle -1 record metadata when installing packages
severity -1 normal
stop

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> That's by design: we shouldn't care where it came from.

I think installing a package should record information such as: which
archive it was installed from, and the install date. This is how eg
rpm/yum behaves.

(This is a totally separate issue from the signing of packages, so I
have (hopefully) cloned a new bug for it. Let's try and send further
correspondence about this aspect to whatever the new bug number ends up
to be...)

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