[PATCH] README.rst: Adapt doc about signature check to reality
Uwe Kleine-KΓΆnig <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:59:42 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.linux.keys |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The check implemented in korg-refresh-keys doesn't do any trust
checking, it only verifies that the signature is good. For that it's
enough to have the signer's certificate.
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Hello,
this is my reaction to ππππ ππππͺππ£ pointing out that the README wasn't
adapted in commit ff17b4fc3498 ("korg-update-pgpkeys: Make Greg KH the
trust anchor"). Instead of adapting the README to the changes in said
commit, just drop the wrong promises.
Best regards
Uwe
README.rst | 17 +++++++----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index bbb6ed8c72a1..5bafdab3c5ea 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,22 +24,19 @@ You can then `gpg --import 79BE3E4300411886.asc` into your keyring.
Refreshing keys
---------------
-First, you should assign full trust to Linus's key::
+First, you should import Konstantin's certificate, as he currently signs the
+commits in this repository:
- $ gpg --edit-key 79BE3E4300411886
- gpg> trust
- gpg> 4
- gpg> q
- $ gpg --check-trustdb
+ $ gpg --import keys/E63EDCA9329DD07E.asc
+ ...
Now, copy the `scripts/korg-refresh-keys` script to your `~/bin` and
edit it according to the instructions.
That script will first verify that the latest commit to the repository
-is signed by a valid key (a key directly signed by you or Linus), and
-then will run a `merge-only` import -- meaning that it will ignore any
-*new* keys added to the git repository and will only refresh keys that
-you already have imported into your keyring.
+is correctly signed, and then will run a `merge-only` import -- meaning that it
+will ignore any *new* keys added to the git repository and will only refresh
+keys that you already have imported into your keyring.
Make sure to run `chmod a+x ~/bin/korg-refresh-keys` after you are done.
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