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Question about signature file of emacs binaries distribution

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From: Dev Prabhu <drp.prabhu <at> gmail.com>
To: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
Cc: 41922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41922: Question about signature file of emacs binaries distribution
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:56:25 -0500

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Thank you.
Dev

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 12:11 PM Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
wrote:

> Dev Prabhu <drp.prabhu <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I downloaded emacs distribution for windows 64-bit binaries
> > (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip) and the associated signature file
> > (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip.sig) from the location
> > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-26/
> >
> > My attempt to verify the signature says that the signing certificate has
> > expired a few months ago.
> > Is it still safe to use this download?
>
>
> Yes. I am considering what to do about the expired key.
>
> Phil
>

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