From 1be2cebf7ff5837c8b548b4f4afbf1b8b28211bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 15:10:49 -0400 Subject: drop long-deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh * tools/gpgsm-gencert.sh: remove deprecated script entirely. It is fully replaced by gpgsm --gen-key * doc/tools.texi: remove gpgsm-gencert.sh documentation * .gitignore: no longer ignore gpgsm-gencert.sh manpage * doc/Makefile.am: quit making the manpage * tools/Makefile.am: quit distributing the script * doc/howto-create-a-server-cert.texi: overhaul documentation to use gpgsm --gen-key and tweak explanations -- The commit deprecating gpgsm-gencert.sh (81972ca7d53ff1996e0086702a09d4405bdc2a7e) dates back exactly 6 years. https://codesearch.debian.net/results/gpgsm-gencert.sh suggests that in all of debian it is only referenced in documentation (for poldi and scute) and example files (libept), and isn't actually used directly anywhere. Furthermore, trying to use gpgsm-gencert.sh to make a simple webserver certificate-signing request failed for me, following the examples in doc/howto-create-a-server-cert.texi exactly. It's time we ripped off this band-aid :) Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor --- NEWS | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6932b9284..476f42c05 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.7 (unreleased) ------------------------------------------------ + * dropped deprecated gpgsm-gencert.sh Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.6 (2015-07-01) ------------------------------------------------ -- cgit v1.2.3