DEBSIGS-INSTALLER(1)

📦 version 0.2.2, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🎀 DEBSIGS-INSTALLER(1) 🎀

okay so bestie, you've stumbled into the DEBSIGS-INSTALLER(1) page — it's part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew, and it's lowkey a little diva with a big job. let me break it down for you 💅

✨ NAME ✨

debsigs-installer — she processes signatures in .deb packages, that's her whole thing 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

debsigs-installer file [file...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: debsigs-installer was literally designed to be called in an automated fashion from an installer 🧚 she's not here to chat, she's here to work. she gets handed one or more files on the command line, and for each file she applies the origin signature and then makes sure the resulting package verifies. and slay, she'll fail to verify if it's missing one of the other required signatures — like, she checks, bestie 💖

now here's the iconic part: she tries her absolute best to do an all or nothing approach. meaning if there's a problem with any .deb, then all of them stay unmodified and an error code is returned. no crumbs, no half-finished vibes, periodt 🌈

she can assure this for everything except system call failures (like, she can't copy files, etc.) 😭 that's the one thing outside her control, ngl.

so like, the golden rule:

  • if success is returned, all files should be assumed to have succeeded ✨
  • if failure is returned, all files should be assumed to have failed 💀

💜 OPTIONS 💜

None. that's right, she doesn't need them. zero flags, zero drama, she just is 🔥

🙈 BUGS 🙈

okay, tea time: this program isn't finished yet. she's still a work in progress, bestie 🍓

she uses hard-coded values for a bunch of stuff, and i do mean hard-coded:

  • the key ID
  • the key type (see debsigs(1))
  • the keyring file
  • and the temporary directory

so like... yeah. she's giving unfinished business, but she's doing her best 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

John Goerzen <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com> — the mastermind behind this whole vibe, we stan 💖

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

go read those too, iykyk 😌

ngl she's still in her unfinished era, so pls be nice to her 💅

and that's the tea, bestie! 🌈✨ this page came to you courtesy of perl v5.42.3 and it's dated 1980-01-01 (yes, literally 1980, she's vintage fr fr 💀🎀) — mwah, go forth and verify those packages 💖🦋

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