Re: [RFC][PATCH v2][QUILT] Add gpg signing to quilt mail

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 11:09:48AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 10/04/2011 11:02 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 01:46:34PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >> +my $pgp = `gpg --simple-sk-checksum -a --detach-sign $pass --output - < $tmpfile`;
> > 
> > Try not to use gpg when calling from scripts, use gpgv instead, it
> > handles things much better, and sets the return value correctly so you
> > can check it (which I don't think you do here.)
> > 
> 
> gpgv is only usable to verify contents (equivalent to gpg --verify).
> For other things you need to use gpg's --status-fd feature, *or*
> (perhaps better) run gpgv on the output to verify that you actually got
> a good signature.

Ah, ok, then nevermind, I guess gpg is correct here.

greg k-h
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