* Add "pmfiles.dat" to legacy manifest_skip routine to accomodate
early Win32 hacks. Reported by Steve Hay via Michael Schwern.
[Changes for 0.43 - 2004-12-16]
* Updated t/0-signature.t to be more friendly with Test::More;
contributed by Michael Schwern.
* Add $Timeout (default 3 seconds) to control the timeout for
probing connections to the key server.
* Take account of the .ts files produced by newer MakeMakers
in the suggested MANIFEST.SKIP list.
[Changes for 0.42 - 2004-11-20]
* Move under SVK version control management; ditch keyword tags.
* Michael Schwern pointed out that during development, the
"signature.t" file would keep failing.
* Documented how to generate SIGNATURE files as part of "make dist",
for Module::Install, ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build users .
module directory has changed (eg. "darwin-2level" vs.
"darwin-thread-multi-2level").
binary packages of perl modules need to be distinguishable between
being built against threaded perl and unthreaded perl, so bump the
PKGREVISION of all perl module packages and introduce
BUILDLINK_RECOMMENDED for perl as perl>=5.8.5nb5 so the correct
dependencies are registered and the binary packages are distinct.
addresses PR pkg/28619 from H. Todd Fujinaka.
Collection.
The Perl 5 module Module::Signature adds cryptographic authentications
to CPAN distributions, via the special SIGNATURE file.
If you are a module user, all you have to do is to remember running
cpansign -v (or just cpansign) before issuing perl Makefile.PL or
perl Build.PL; that will ensure the distribution has not been
tampered with. For module authors, you'd want to add the SIGNATURE
file to your MANIFEST, then type cpansign -s before making a
distribution. You may also want to consider adding a signature
check as part of your test suite.
