debrsign(1)

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.

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