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Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't require explicit gpg_key_ID in cfg.mk
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:30:58 +0000 (UTC)
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Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:

> > git config user.signingkey
> 
> I'd rather not, since there's no guarantee that
> it won't have changed between the tagging operation
> and whenever someone runs the announcement-generating rule.

On the other hand, we should probably kill the (unused) VC-tag rule in 
maint.mk; it's use of $(gpg_key_ID) is now circular - how do you sign a tag 
using the key of the tag that you just signed?  Also, should build-aux/do-
release-commit-and-tag be taught to honor a command-line option and/or inspect 
git configuration for determining which key to use, especially now that 
maint.mk might not have any record of a preferred key?  Or at least document in 
its --help how to teach git your preferred key for a given repository?

> I am still hoping there's some obscure gpg option
> that can explicitly extract the key ID from a signature.

Sorry, can't help there.

-- 
Eric Blake







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