linux-kernel - Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:18:59 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	jwboyer@...hat.com, pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Oh, yes, we should make sure the key file gets cleaned up at "make clean".

Ooh, double-checked.

Actually, we have documented "make clean" to leave around "enough
build support to build external modules".

So technically, I guess what we do right now is correct: you have to
do "make distclean" (or "mrproper") to clean the key files.

Now, whether we should perhaps change that (and change the
documentation), I dunno.

            Linus
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