linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modsign: Use single PEM file for autogenerated key

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Message-ID: <6358.1432133783@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 20 May 2015 15:56:23 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Abelardo Ricart III <aricart@...nix.com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sedat.dilek@...il.com,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modsign: Use single PEM file for autogenerated key

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:

> I am disinclined to put in place any kind of backward-compatibility to
> find and use the old filenames. And I don't much care about changing the
> build system 'interface' for the user. I'm *very* keen to break that
> $(wildcard *.x509) crap anyway, so we might as well do this at the same
> time.

Should some sort of warning then be emitted if $(wildcard *.x509) *does* turn
up anything?  Just so that people don't get unexpectedly surprised when their
auxiliary keys are suddenly ignored.

David
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