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RPM 6.0 Released With OpenPGP Improvements & Enforces Signature Checking By Default


RPM 6.0 is out today as the newest major update to the RPM Package Manager as the package management system most commonly associated with Red Hat / Fedora, openSUSE, Mageia / OpenMandriva, and others.

RPM 6.0 is out today as the newest major update to the RPM Package Manager as the package management system most commonly associated with Red Hat / Fedora, openSUSE, Mageia / OpenMandriva, and others. RPM 6.0 introduces new features like supporting multiple OpenPGP signatures per package. RPM 6.0 also now defaults to enforcing signature checking, uses the full key ID or fingerprint to now identify OpenPGP keys everywhere, overhauling of RPM documentation and its man page, and making the release tarballs more reproducible/verifiable.

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