Re: Stronger Hashes for PKGBUILDs

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On 12/05/2016 05:25 PM, sivmu wrote:
> A LOT of packages do not use pgp validation even though upstream
> provides signatures. That is the real issue here.
> 
> Let me say this again: everyone who is responsible for arch packages
> needs to be clearly advised to use all available methods to effectively
> verify upstream source files.
> 
> Using a strong hash by default won't do that.

AUR packages, or repo packages? There was a todo list[1] for the repos.

For anything in the AUR you should definitely drop a comment on their
page. And change the wiki guidelines on packaging standards to mention this.

-- 
Eli Schwartz

[1] https://www.archlinux.org/todo/use-gpg-signatures-and-https-sources/



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