linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.0.7 now on kernel.org

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Message-ID: <4EA4151A.4030605@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:22:34 +0200
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Hawley <warthog19@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.0.7 now on kernel.org

On 10/23/2011 02:29 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 02:24:53PM +0200, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>> On 23.10.2011 10:31, Greg KH wrote:
>>
>>> You will note that the files are signed with my new kernel release
>>> signing key, and that the .tar file is signed, and then compressed, so
>>> there is not signatures for the individual compressed files.
>>
>> And why is that? It's less handy.
> 
> I'll let hpa answer that one, he changed it for a good reason that I
> can't recall at the moment :)
> 
> hpa?
> 

Signing the compressed file makes the compression "precious".  It also
means that the developer has to sign each.

It's not significantly "more handy" either... you can do something like:

	xz -cd file.xz | gpg --verify file.sign -

	-hpa

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