The code supports optionally calling this program. Listing it in the Suggests will also help people that are looking for a maintained and supported .deb signing tooling. Prompted-by: Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ dpkg (1.18.19) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* Documentation:
- Cleanup software requirements in README.
- Move control member file references from dpkg(1) to deb(5).
+ * Packaging:
+ - Add debsig-verify to dpkg Suggests. The code optionally supports this
+ specific signed .deb verification program.
+ Prompted by Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>.
[ Updated programs translations ]
* German (Sven Joachim).
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Depends:
tar (>= 1.28-1),
Suggests:
apt,
+ debsig-verify,
Replaces:
manpages-it (<< 2.80-4),
Breaks: