From d888c305970d73e9ca75e90b7705183299b36b04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikolaus Rath Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 11:03:07 +0100 Subject: Use signify to sign releases. --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1b02149..cf76978 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -52,9 +52,20 @@ Installation You can download libfuse from https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases. To build and install, you must use [Meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) and -[Ninja](https://ninja-build.org). After extracting the libfuse -tarball, create a (temporary) build directory and run Meson: +[Ninja](https://ninja-build.org). After downloading the tarball, verify +it using [signify])(https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan-signify.html): + signify -V -z -m fuse-X.Y.Z.tar.gz -p fuse-X.Y.pub + +The `fuse-X.Y.pub` file contains the signing key and needs to be obtained from a +trustworthy source. Each libfuse release contains the signing key for the release after it +in the `signify` directory, so you only need to manually acquire this file once when you +install libfuse for the first time. + +After you have validated the tarball, extract it, create a (temporary) build directory and +run Meson: + + $ tar xzf fuse-X.Y.Z.tar.gz; cd fuse-X.Y.Z $ mkdir build; cd build $ meson setup .. -- cgit v1.2.3