debrsign takes either an unsigned .dsc file or an
unsigned .changes file and the associated unsigned .dsc
file (found by replacing the architecture name and .changes
by .dsc) if it appears in the .changes file and signs them
by copying them to the remote machine using ssh(1) and remotely
running debsign(1) on that machine. All options not listed
below are passed to the debsign program on the remote machine.
If a .changes or .dsc file is specified, it is signed,
otherwise, debian/changelog is parsed to determine the name of
the .changes file to look for in the parent directory.
This utility is useful if a developer must build a package on one
machine where it is unsafe to sign it; they need then only transfer
the small .dsc and .changes files to a safe machine and
then use the debsign program to sign them before
transferring them back. This program automates this process.
To do it the other way round, that is to connect to an unsafe machine
to download the .dsc and .changes files, to sign them
locally and then to transfer them back, see the debsign(1)
program, which can do this task.
OPTIONS
-S
Look for a source-only .changes file instead of a binary-build
changes file.
-adebian-architecture, -tGNU-system-type
See dpkg-architecture(1) for a description of these options.
They affect the search for the .changes file. They are provided
to mimic the behaviour of dpkg-buildpackage when determining the
name of the .changes file.
--multi
Multiarch changes mode: This signifies that debrsign should
use the most recent file with the name pattern
package_version_*+*.changes as the changes file, allowing for the
changes files produced by dpkg-cross.
--path remote-path
Specify a path to the GPG or PGP binary on the remote host.
--help, --version
Show help message and version information respectively.
Other options
All other options are passed on to debsign on the remote
machine.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and
~/.devscripts are sourced in that order to set configuration
variables. Command line options can be used to override configuration
file settings. Environment variable settings are ignored for this
purpose. The currently recognised variables are:
DEBRSIGN_PGP_PATH
Equivalent to passing --path on the command line (see above.)
