From be3347b5bff6142e86e533174fe0ec352405d159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Festi Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:45:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] rpmsign man page: Add line about rpmsign requiring a valid checksum and the limitations in FIPS mode --- doc/rpmsign.8 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/rpmsign.8 b/doc/rpmsign.8 index 80ffb6a32..d895a3b8c 100644 --- a/doc/rpmsign.8 +++ b/doc/rpmsign.8 @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ options generate and insert new signatures for each package existing signatures. There are two options for historical reasons, there is no difference in behavior currently. +To create a signature rpm needs to verify the package's checksum. As a result +packages with a MD5/SHA1 checksums cannot be signed in FIPS mode. + \fBrpm\fR \fB--delsign\fR \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR .PP -- 2.21.0