Re: distribution signatures

[Andrew Suffield <asuffield at debian dot org>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 04:45:09AM -0400, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> I'm trying to find a way to have automake generate Makefiles that will
> automatically generate digital signatures for distributions, and trying to
> figure out a good way to handle it.

Not quite what you asked, but I just add this to my top-level Makefile.am:

sign:
	gpg --detach-sign $(distdir).tar.gz
	md5sum $(distdir).tar.gz | gpg --clearsign > $(distdir).tar.gz.md5sum

Then you make dist and/or distcheck as normal, and when you're ready
to release, make sign.

I don't see any particular reason why this is worth including in
automake. It's trivial and will probably vary per project anyway.

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