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Diffstat (limited to 'debian/patches/dirmngr-idling/dirmngr-Avoid-automatically-checking-upstream-swdb.patch')
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diff --git a/debian/patches/dirmngr-idling/dirmngr-Avoid-automatically-checking-upstream-swdb.patch b/debian/patches/dirmngr-idling/dirmngr-Avoid-automatically-checking-upstream-swdb.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cad551 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/dirmngr-idling/dirmngr-Avoid-automatically-checking-upstream-swdb.patch @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> +Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:09:24 -0500 +Subject: dirmngr: Avoid automatically checking upstream swdb. + +* dirmngr/dirmngr.c (housekeeping_thread): Avoid automatically +checking upstream's software database. In Debian, software updates +should be handled by the distro mechanism, and additional upstream +checks only confuse the user. +* doc/dirmngr.texi: document that --allow-version-check does nothing. + +Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> +--- + dirmngr/dirmngr.c | 2 -- + doc/dirmngr.texi | 7 ++++--- + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c +index c04a287..26d136d 100644 +--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c ++++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c +@@ -2051,8 +2051,6 @@ housekeeping_thread (void *arg) + if (network_activity_seen) + { + network_activity_seen = 0; +- if (opt.allow_version_check) +- dirmngr_load_swdb (&ctrlbuf, 0); + workqueue_run_global_tasks (&ctrlbuf, 1); + } + else +diff --git a/doc/dirmngr.texi b/doc/dirmngr.texi +index d6ef375..ab831de 100644 +--- a/doc/dirmngr.texi ++++ b/doc/dirmngr.texi +@@ -294,9 +294,10 @@ Set the size of the queue for pending connections. The default is 64. + @item --allow-version-check + @opindex allow-version-check + Allow Dirmngr to connect to @code{https://versions.gnupg.org} to get +-the list of current software versions. If this option is enabled +-the list is retrieved in case the local +-copy does not exist or is older than 5 to 7 days. See the option ++the list of current software versions. ++On debian-packaged versions, this option does nothing since software ++updates should be handled by the distribution. ++See the option + @option{--query-swdb} of the command @command{gpgconf} for more + details. Note, that regardless of this option a version check can + always be triggered using this command: |