NAME

       debrsign - remotely sign a Debian .changes and .dsc file pair using SSH

SYNOPSIS

       debrsign [options] [user@]remotehost [changes-file|dsc-file]

DESCRIPTION

       debrsign takes either an unsigned .dsc file or an unsigned .changes file and 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 by copying them to the remote machine using ssh(1) and remotely running debsign(1) on that
       machine.  All options not listed below are passed to the debsign program on the remote machine.

       If a .changes or .dsc 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.

       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 program automates this process.

       To  do  it the other way round, that is to connect to an unsafe machine to download the .dsc and .changes
       files, to sign them locally and then to transfer them back, see the debsign(1) program, which can do this
       task.

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 debrsign 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.

       --path remote-path
              Specify a path to the GPG binary on the remote host.

       --help, --version
              Show help message and version information respectively.

       Other options
              All other options are passed on to debsign on the remote machine.

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:

       DEBRSIGN_PGP_PATH
              Equivalent to passing --path on the command line (see above.)

SEE ALSO

       debsign(1), dpkg-architecture(1), ssh(1)

AUTHOR

       This  program  was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> and is copyright under the GPL, version 2 or
       later.