commit: 86a36b3cf07ecfa4df9fc51a21ea208c23c401cc Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Feb 16 04:11:39 2026 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Feb 16 04:11:39 2026 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/commit/?id=86a36b3c
NEWS: update Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> NEWS | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 12c1a487b3..99a7474df4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ Release notes take the form of the following optional categories: * Bug fixes * Cleanups +portage-3.0.78 (UNRELEASED) +-------------- + +Breaking changes: + +* cnf: enable verify-signature by default in binrepos.conf (bug #945384, + bug #969086) + + PGP signature verification is now enabled by default for all binary + repositories. + + Signature verification is not supported for the old 'xpak' binary format + (i.e. it requires the new 'gpkg' format). + + The new default can be overridden in /etc/portage/binrepos.conf with either: + ``` + [DEFAULT] + verify-signature = false + ``` + or + ``` + [reponame] + verify-signature = false + ``` + + To set up signing for binpkgs, a signing keyring must reside (by default) + at /root/.gnupg and a verification keyring must reside (by default) + at /etc/portage/gnupg. + +Features: + +* Read binrepos.conf from /usr/share/portage/config as well. + +* bintree: Run trust helper when any binrepos.conf configuration has + verify-signature enabled (bug #969187) + +* Scheduler: No background mode if there is just one merge job (bug #339579) + +* emerge: Warn on installed packages in @world without ebuilds available + (bug #911180). + +Bug fixes: + +* man: portage(5): Document that binrepos.conf location must be unique. + +* bintree: Improve error message for per-binhost Packages fetch failure. + +* phase-helpers.sh: Fix unpack vs. empty suffixes (bug #969217). + +* estrip: Silence noise from objcopy when no build ID section exists (bug #968220). + portage-3.0.77 (2026-01-23) --------------
