Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.21 Severity: important Tags: patch The dpkg(8) manpage don't even mention the --force-bad-verify option, that is listed with dpkg --force-help. Because packages in official Debian archives are not signed, the dpkg system becomes unusuable when debsig-verify is installed, and the user, even reading the manpage, cannot see the solution...
diff -rU 1 dpkg-1.10.10/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
--- dpkg-1.10.10/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml 2002-05-13 23:00:32.000000000 +0200
+++ dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml 2003-05-10 18:44:58.000000000
+0200
@@ -1020,2 +1020,10 @@
<varlistentry>
+ <term>bad-verify</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Install a package even if it fails authenticity check.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>depends</term>
diff -rU 1 dpkg-1.10.10/man/fr/dpkg.8 dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/fr/dpkg.8
--- dpkg-1.10.10/man/fr/dpkg.8 2002-05-31 21:49:12.000000000 +0200
+++ dpkg-1.10.10-corrected/man/fr/dpkg.8 2003-05-10 18:47:36.000000000
+0200
@@ -383,2 +383,5 @@
+\fBbad-verify\fP:
+Installer un paquet m�me si son authenticit� ne peut �tre v�rifi�e
+
\fBdepends\fP:
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux imperatrice.arcanes 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002
i686
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-7 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11woody1 The GNU stdc++ library
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