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NAME
       debrsign - remotely sign a Debian .changes and .dsc file pair using SSH

SYNOPSIS
       debrsign [options] [user@]remotehost [changes-file|dsc-file]

DESCRIPTION
       debrsign  takes  either an unsigned .dsc file or an unsigned .changes file and the associated
       unsigned .dsc file (found by replacing the architecture name and .changes by .dsc) if it  ap‐
       pears  in the .changes file and signs them by copying them to the remote machine using ssh(1)
       and remotely running debsign(1) on that machine.  All options not listed below are passed  to
       the debsign program on the remote machine.

       If  a .changes or .dsc file is specified, it is signed, otherwise, debian/changelog is parsed
       to determine the name of the .changes file to look for in the parent directory.

       This utility is useful if a developer must build a package on one machine where it is  unsafe
       to  sign it; they need then only transfer the small .dsc and .changes files to a safe machine
       and then use the debsign program to sign them before transferring them  back.   This  program
       automates this process.

       To  do  it  the other way round, that is to connect to an unsafe machine to download the .dsc
       and .changes files, to sign them locally and then to transfer them back, see  the  debsign(1)
       program, which can do this task.

OPTIONS
       -S     Look for a source-only .changes file instead of a binary-build .changes file.

       -adebian-architecture, -tGNU-system-type
              See  dpkg-architecture(1)  for a description of these options.  They affect the search
              for the .changes file.  They are provided to mimic the behaviour of  dpkg-buildpackage
              when determining the name of the .changes file.

       --multi
              Multiarch  .changes mode: This signifies that debrsign should use the most recent file
              with the name pattern package_version_*+*.changes as the .changes file,  allowing  for
              the .changes files produced by dpkg-cross.

       --path remote-path
              Specify a path to the GPG binary on the remote host.

       --help, --version
              Show help message and version information respectively.

       Other options
              All other options are passed on to debsign on the remote machine.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
       The  two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are sourced in that order
       to set configuration variables.  Command line options can be used to  override  configuration
       file  settings.   Environment  variable settings are ignored for this purpose.  The currently
       recognised variables are:

       DEBRSIGN_PGP_PATH
              Equivalent to passing --path on the command line (see above.)

SEE ALSO
       debsign(1), dpkg-architecture(1), ssh(1)

AUTHOR
       This program was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg AT debian.org> and is copyright  under  the  GPL,
       version 2 or later.



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