keyring/README.md

archlinux-keyring

The archlinux-keyring project holds PGP packet material and tooling (keyringctl) to create the distribution keyring for Arch Linux. The keyring is used by pacman to establish the web of trust for the packagers of the distribution.

The PGP packets describing the main signing keys can be found below the keyring/main directory, while those of the packagers are located below the keyring/packager directory.

Requirements

The following packages need to be installed to be able to create a PGP keyring from the provided data structure and to install it:

Build:

• make
• findutils
• pkgconf
• systemd

Runtime:

• python
• sequoia-sq

Optional:

• hopenpgp-tools (verify)
• sq-keyring-linter (verify)
• git (ci)

Usage

Build

Build all PGP artifacts (keyring, ownertrust, revoked files) to the build directory

./keyringctl build

Import

Import a new packager key by deriving the username from the filename.

./keyringctl import <username>.asc

Alternatively import a file or directory and override the username

./keyringctl import --name <username> <file_or_directory...>

Updates to existing keys will automatically derive the username from the known fingerprint.

./keyringctl import <file_or_directory...>

Main key imports support the same options plus a mandatory --main

./keyringctl import --main <username>.asc

Export

Export the whole keyring including main and packager to stdout

./keyringctl export

Limit to specific certs using an output file

./keyringctl export <username_or_fingerprint_or_directory...> --output <filename>

List

List all certificates in the keyring

./keyringctl list

Only show a specific main key

./keyringctl list --main <username_or_fingerprint...>

Inspect

Inspect all certificates in the keyring

./keyringctl inspect

Only inspect a specific main key

./keyringctl inspect --main <username_or_fingerprint_or_directory...>

Verify

Verify certificates against modern expectations and assumptions

./keyringctl verify <username_or_fingerprint_or_directory...>

Installation

To install archlinux-keyring system-wide use the included Makefile:

make install

Contribute

Read our contributing guide to learn more about guidelines and how to provide fixes or improvements for the code base.

Releases

Releases of archlinux-keyring are exclusively created by keyring maintainers.

The tags are signed with one of the following legitimate keys:

Christian Hesse <eworm@archlinux.org>
02FD 1C7A 934E 6145 4584  9F19 A623 4074 498E 9CEE

David Runge <dvzrv@archlinux.org>
C7E7 8494 66FE 2358 3435  8837 7258 734B 41C3 1549

Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.org>
4AA4 767B BC9C 4B1D 18AE  28B7 7F2D 434B 9741 E8AC

Florian Pritz <bluewind@archlinux.org>
CFA6 AF15 E5C7 4149 FC1D  8C08 6D16 55C1 4CE1 C13E

Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@archlinux.org>
ECCA C84C 1BA0 8A6C C8E6  3FBB F22F B1D7 8A77 AEAB

Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>
E240 B57E 2C46 30BA 768E  2F26 FC1B 547C 8D81 72C8

Morten Linderud <foxboron@archlinux.org>
C100 3466 7663 4E80 C940  FB9E 9C02 FF41 9FEC BE16

To verify a tag, first import the relevant PGP keys:

gpg --auto-key-locate wkd --search-keys <email-from-above>

Afterwards a tag can be verified from a clone of this repository. Please note that one must check the used key of the signature against the legitimate keys listed above:

git verify-tag <tag>

License

Archlinux-keyring is licensed under the terms of the GPL-3.0-or-later (see LICENSE).