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FS#34681 - [pacman] DatabaseOptional not documented

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Johannes Dewender (JonnyJD) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:45 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:55 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

The new pacman.conf includes
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
"man pacman.conf" doesn't have the string "DatabaseOptional" anywhere.
The pacman git repository also doesn't include that string.

Either this option doesn't do anything (anymore?) or it should be documented what it does.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1255166
indicates this means Signatures are optional for databases.


Additional info:
pacman 4.1.0-2
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Johannes Dewender (JonnyJD) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:49 GMT
It is mentioned in pacman.conf that I should look up "pacman-key and its manpage".
That man page has nothing about SigLevel and also nothing about DatabaseOptional.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:54 GMT
Read "PACKAGE AND DATABASE SIGNATURE CHECKING" in pacman.conf. It is documented...
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 08 April 2013, 11:55 GMT
For the lazy...

Options in both groups can additionally be prefixed with either Package
or Database, which will cause it to only take effect on the specified
object type.

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