Re: Stable GARNOME via arch

[Stef van der Made <svdmade planet nl>]

Hi Nick,

That was a usefull tutorial. 30 seconds and I was off compiling the 
garnome release.

btw tla signatures won't work because I can't compile gnupg stable 
branch on slackware only the development realease seems to work.

Thanks,

Stef

Nick Moffitt wrote:

> begin  Raul Acevedo  quotation:
>  
>
> > Nick Moffitt wrote:
> > > 	No setup is necessary for a simple tla get.  The setup is only
> > > needed if you're going to be doing commits or branches etc.
> >
> > No set up, other than:
> > 1.  mkdir ~/projects; cd ~/projects
> > 2.  tla my-id "Bob Kashani <bobk ocf berkeley edu>" 
> > 3.  mkdir ~/.arch-params/signing
> > 4.  gpg --clearsign
> > 5.  gpg --verify-files -
> > 6.  gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 565B38F9
> > 7.  tla register-archive jdub perkypants org--projects http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/arch
> > 8.  tla archives 
> > 9.  tla my-default-archive jdub perkypants org--projects
> > 10. tla abrowse garnome
> > 11. cd ~/projects
> > 12. tla get garnome--kenny--2.5.2 garnome--kenny--2.5.x
> > 13. cd ~/projects/garnome--kenny--2.5.x
> >    
>
> 	I'd say there are at least two necessary commands hidden in
> there.
>
> 	I just installed the tla backports on a debian woody box, and
> with no setup I am running the following:
>
> $ tla register-archive jdub perkypants org--projects http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/arch
> $ tla get jdub perkypants org--projects/garnome--kenny--2.5.2
>
> 	Sure, it kvetches about how I'm not checking signatures. If I
> cared enough about that, I'd just do this:
>
> $ mkdir -p ~/.arch-params/signing
> $ echo '/usr/bin/tla-gpg-check gpg_command="gpg --keyserver pgp.dtype.org --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify-files -"' > ~/.arch-params/signing/\=default.check
>
> 	Not exactly 13 steps, now is it?  That's four, HALF of which
> are just extras.
>
>  
>
> > I consider having to follow 11 commands to be a fair bit of set up
> > to do before you even get to do your first "tla get".
> >    
>
> 	Most of what you listed are just verification of things like
> "gpg works" and "I can see archives up there".  Also, you manually
> grabbed a key instead of telling gnupg to download automatically.  
>
> 	The my-id is only used for checkins, and the
> "my-default-archive" step is actually not a good idea.
>
> 	Also, you listed all your cding around as "steps", which I
> find somewhat intellectually dishonest.
>
>