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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 03:12:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #87 received at 17625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>, 17625 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17625: 24.4.50;
 All installed packages marked "unsigned", no archive listed
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:47:40 -0400

>> 3- I think we need support for a keyring distributed with Emacs.
>> Maybe to make things simpler, this keyring would only be used to seed
>> the user's ~/.emacs.d/elpa/gnupg.
> That feature is already there. etc/package-keyring.gpg will be used
> automatically if present.

Indeed, looks good, thanks.
So we need to fix number 2 (the most important) and number 1.


        Stefan
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