linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 4/6] scripts/sign-file.c: add support to only create signature file

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Message-ID: <23142.1431615049@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 15:50:49 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, ming.lei@...onical.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, seth.forshee@...onical.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pebolle@...cali.nl,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	jlee@...e.com, tiwai@...e.de, casey@...aufler-ca.com,
	keescook@...omium.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 4/6] scripts/sign-file.c: add support to only create signature file

Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...not-panic.com> wrote:

> You can create a file.pkcs7 file with the -d option right now
> but that still modifies the file. If all you want is the signature
> file you can use -s now, that will leave the file passed as-is.

I would recommend you use something other than "-s" - that belongs to the code
that is temporarily removed from the old perl script that allowed an external
signature to be passed.

David
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