Dev/News
Whonix ™ News File Format[edit]
Version 0.2 used by Whonix ™ 0.5.6
First line contains version and may not contain any spaces!
0.3.0 news text here some more news text ...
How to create a valid Whonix ™ News File[edit]
Manually[edit]
(1). safe as whonix_news
.
(2). sign
gpg --clearsign whonix_news
(3). test
gpg --verify whonix_news.asc
Using Maintainer Script[edit]
https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/blob/master/release/upload_download_readme
Extra implementation info[edit]
Signing and verification (as sanity check) of [https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/blob/master/release/whonix_news whonix_news] is automated by [https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/blob/master/release/upload_whonix_news upload_whonix_news].
[https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/blob/master/whonix_shared/usr/lib/whonix/systemcheck/50_check-whonix-news 50_check-whonix-news] will find out the current installing version by:
## Read only FIRST line. read -r INSTALLED_WHONIX_VERSION < /usr/local/share/whonix/version ## Remove ALL spaces. INSTALLED_WHONIX_VERSION="${INSTALLED_WHONIX_VERSION//[[:space:]]}"
While phrasing the whonix_news, it is not required to remove the OpenPGP Signature, because the function verify_whonix_news in [https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/derivative-maker/blob/master/whonix_shared/usr/lib/whonix/systemcheck/50_check-whonix-news 50_check-whonix-news] will use gpg --decrypt to get plain text, which will result in the Whonix ™ News File Format.