wrong sig for xemacs-21.5.21.tar.gz

[Pieter Lenaerts]

On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:25:31 +0900
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

> >>>>> "Pieter" == Pieter Lenaerts <e-type at cwazy.co.uk> writes:
> 
>     Pieter> hi all, I noticed that the latest beta release tarball is
>     Pieter> not signed with the distritubtion key but with
>     Pieter> stephen_turnbull.asc
> 
> That's the right key.  I don't have access to the so-called
> distribution key.

ic

> 
> You probably should not put too much faith in those signatures as a
> security measure.  They're mostly intended to be an integrity check
> (ie, a cryptographically strong CRC), while providing an upgrade path
> to a secure distribution system if and when we decide to do that.

SMGL uses it as integrity check, hence my mail

thx for responding ;)


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