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itsnotabigtruck	2012-02-21 , 22:17
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Originally Posted by caco3

@itsnotabigtruck:
Do you have any source for your statements?

This is all based on tests by N950 PR1.2beta users on the #harmattan IRC - you can see an example of exactly what happens when the problem hits in the attachments of Harmattan Bug 978.

Note that the bug doesn't affect installing .debs that aren't part of an unsigned APT repository - so you won't experience this if you're running dpkg -i on your own packages.

If you want to try testing on your N9, I've sent you my IM info in PM.

Originally Posted by caco3

Also, I am wondering, do apps in the OVI store somehow get signed?
I pack my (Python) apps in scratchbox, so I am sure there is no signing there, especially since I never generated a key.
I have a N9 for testing my apps with a quite up to date PR 1.2 beta and haven’t seen any issues with this.

Apps submitted to the Ovi Store get signed when published. Try downloading a .deb from the store and running ar tv package.deb - the _x509sig file is the signature. However, that's a different system from what I'm talking about; with APT repository signing, the list of packages is signed instead of each individual .deb. Unlike the other system, repository signing is part of APT itself and is used on other distros like Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

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