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Title: Portage rsync tree verification |
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Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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Posted: 2018-01-xx |
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Revision: 1 |
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News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/portage |
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Starting with sys-apps/portage-2.3.22, Portage will verify the Gentoo |
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repository after rsync by default. |
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The new verification is intended for users who syncing via rsync. |
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Verification mechanisms for other methods of sync will be provided |
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in future. |
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This does not affect users syncing using git and other methods. |
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Appropriate verification mechanisms for them will be provided |
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in the future. |
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The verification is implemented via using app-portage/gemato. Currently, |
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the whole repository is verified after syncing. On systems with slow |
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hard drives, this could take around 2 minutes. If you wish to disable |
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it, you can disable the 'rsync-verify' USE flag on sys-apps/portage |
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or set 'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no' in your repos.conf. |
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Please note that the verification currently does not prevent Portage |
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from using the repository after syncing. If 'emerge --sync' fails, |
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do not install any packages and retry syncing. In case of prolonged |
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or frequent verification failures, please make sure to report a bug |
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including the failing mirror addresses (found in emerge.log). |
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The verification uses information from the binary keyring provided |
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by the app-crypt/gentoo-keys package. The keys are refreshed |
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from the keyserver before every use in order to check for revocation. |
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The post-sync verification ensures that the key package is verified |
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itself. However, manual verification is required before the first use. |
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On Gentoo installations created using installation media that included |
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portage-2.3.22, the keys will already be covered by the installation |
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media signatures. On existing installations, you need to manually |
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compare the primary key fingerprint (reported by gemato on every sync) |
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against the official Gentoo keys [1]. An example gemato output is: |
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INFO:root:Valid OpenPGP signature found: |
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INFO:root:- primary key: 1234567890ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF12345678 |
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INFO:root:- subkey: FEDCBA0987654321FEDCBA0987654321FEDCBA09 |
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Please note that the above snippet does not include the real key id |
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on purpose. The primary key actually printed by gemato must match |
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the 'Gentoo Portage Snapshot Signing Key' on the website. Please make |
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sure to also check the certificate used for the secure connection |
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to the site! |
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[1]:https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/signatures/ |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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