Ubuntu Manpage: debsign - sign a Debian .changes and .dsc file pair using GPG

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NAME

       debsign - sign a Debian .changes and .dsc file pair using GPG

SYNOPSIS

       debsign [options] [changes-file|dsc-file|commands-file ...]

DESCRIPTION

debsign mimics the signing aspects (and bugs) of dpkg-buildpackage(1). It takes either an unsigned .dsc
file or an unsigned .changes file (along with the associated unsigned .dsc file found by replacing the
architecture name and .changes by .dsc if it appears in the .changes file), and signs them using the GNU
Privacy Guard. It is careful to calculate the size and checksums of the newly signed .dsc file and
replace the original values in the .changes file.

If a .changes, .dsc or .commands file is specified, it is signed, otherwise, debian/changelog is parsed
to determine the name of the .changes file to look for in the parent directory.

If a .commands file is specified it is first validated (see the details at
ftp://ftp.upload.debian.org/pub/UploadQueue/README), and the name specified in the Uploader field is used
for signing.

This utility is useful if a developer must build a package on one machine where it is unsafe to sign it;
they need then only transfer the small .dsc and .changes files to a safe machine and then use the debsign
program to sign them before transferring them back. This process can be automated in two ways. If the
files to be signed live on the remote machine, the -r option may be used to copy them to the local
machine and back again after signing. If the files live on the local machine, then they may be
transferred to the remote machine for signing using debrsign(1).

This program can take default settings from the devscripts configuration files, as described below.

OPTIONS

-r [username@]remotehost
The .changes and .dsc files live on the specified remote host. In this case, a .changes file must
be explicitly named, with an absolute directory or one relative to the remote home directory. scp
will be used for the copying. The [username@]remotehost:changes syntax is permitted as an
alternative. Wildcards (* etc.) are allowed.

-pprogname
When debsign needs to execute GPG to sign it will run progname (searching the PATH if necessary),
instead of gpg.

-mmaintainer
Specify the maintainer name to be used for signing. (See dpkg-buildpackage(1) for more
information about the differences between -m, -e and -k when building packages; debsign makes no
use of these distinctions except with respect to the precedence of the various options. These
multiple options are provided so that the program will behave as expected when called by
debuild(1).)

-emaintainer
Same as -m but takes precedence over it.

-kkeyid
Specify the key ID to be used for signing; overrides any -m and -e options.

-S Look for a source-only .changes file instead of a binary-build .changes file.

-adebian-architecture, -tGNU-system-type
See dpkg-architecture(1) for a description of these options. They affect the search for the
.changes file. They are provided to mimic the behaviour of dpkg-buildpackage when determining the
name of the .changes file.

--multi
Multiarch .changes mode: This signifies that debsign should use the most recent file with the name
pattern package_version_*+*.changes as the .changes file, allowing for the .changes files produced
by dpkg-cross.

--re-sign, --no-re-sign
Recreate signature, respectively use the existing signature, if the file has been signed already.
If neither option is given and an already signed file is found the user is asked if he or she
likes to use the current signature.

--debs-dir DIR
Look for the .changes and .dsc files in directory DIR instead of the parent of the source
directory. This should either be an absolute path or relative to the top of the source directory.

--no-conf, --noconf
Do not read any configuration files. This can only be used as the first option given on the
command-line.

--help, -h
Display a help message and exit successfully.

--version
Display version and copyright information and exit successfully.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

       The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are  sourced  in  that  order  to  set
       configuration  variables.   Command  line  options  can  be used to override configuration file settings.
       Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.  The currently recognised variables are:

       DEBSIGN_PROGRAM
              Setting this is equivalent to giving a -p option.

       DEBSIGN_MAINT
              This is the -m option.

       DEBSIGN_KEYID
              And this is the -k option.

       DEBSIGN_ALWAYS_RESIGN
              Always re-sign files even if they are already signed, without prompting.

       DEBRELEASE_DEBS_DIR
              This specifies the directory in which to look for the .changes and .dsc files, and  is  either  an
              absolute  path  or  relative  to  the  top of the source tree.  This corresponds to the --debs-dir
              command line option.  This directive could be used, for example, if you  always  use  pbuilder  or
              svn-buildpackage to build your packages.  Note that it also affects debrelease(1) in the same way,
              hence the strange name of the option.

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