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Re: rpm3 package still exist

From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com>
Date: Wed 25 Jun 2008 - 22:21:35 CEST
Message-id: <FBE1F2FA-300F-4033-8122-B1894330F001@mac.com>

On Jun 25, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:

> In regard to: Re: rpm3 package still exist, devzero2000 said (at  
> 10:06pm on...:
>
>> Why lusers want to resign package they have not created in first  
>> place: if
>> they want signed package, well, they have to ask the vendor  
>> alongside the
>> pub key - they have already paid anymore.
>
> So they can distribute it via their software distribution  
> infrastructure.
> For example, Red Hat Satellite Server.
>

Sounds like Red Hat Satellite Server, not rpm, is missing an essential
tool, if resigning "LSB format" rpms from other vendor's is the usage  
case.

73 de Jeff
Received on Wed Jun 25 22:22:10 2008
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