Re: [Quilt-dev] [RFC][PATCH v2][QUILT] Add gpg signing to quilt mail

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/04/2011 12:38 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> Hmm, gpgv is not quite equivalent to gpg --verify. With gpgv I get the
> following error:
> 
> $ gpgv /tmp/gpgvmail-s.x /tmp/gpgvmail-d.x
> gpgv: keyblock resource `/home/rostedt/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg': file open 
> error
> gpgv: Signature made Tue 04 Oct 2011 02:35:50 PM EDT using RSA key ID C66DAA00
> gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found
> 
> 
> I don't have a "trustedkeys.gpg" file. Do I need to generate one?
> 
> Using gpg --verify, it doesn't complain:
> 
> $ gpg --verify /tmp/gpgvmail-s.x /tmp/gpgvmail-d.x
> gpg: Signature made Tue 04 Oct 2011 02:35:50 PM EDT using RSA key ID C66DAA00
> gpg: Good signature from "Steven Rostedt (Der Hacker) <address@hidden>"
> 

gpgv looks at trustedkeys.gpg by default; it's just a different public
keyring.  The *big* difference between gpgv and gpg is that the former
doesn't consult the trustdb *at all*.

        -hpa