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diff --git a/t/data/generate/pgp-sign/metadata/description b/t/data/generate/pgp-sign/metadata/description deleted file mode 100644 index f41e56d..0000000 --- a/t/data/generate/pgp-sign/metadata/description +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -PGP::Sign is a Perl module that can generate and verify OpenPGP signatures -on some data. Currently, only textual data (data that can be processed -using GnuPG's `--textmode` option) is supported. It uses GnuPG under the -hood to do the work. - -The original purpose of this module was to factor out common code in a -News::Article class written by Andrew Gierth that handled PGPMoose and -control message signatures. It is used to verify control message -signatures for the ftp.isc.org Netnews metadata archive, and to generate -signed control messages for the Big Eight Usenet hierarchies. - -Data to be signed or verified can be passed into PGP::Sign in a wide -variety of formats: scalars, arrays, open files, even code references that -act as generators. Keys with passphrases are supported and the passphrase -is passed to GnuPG securely (although getting the passphrase to the -PGP::Sign module is a problem for the calling application). - -This module supports both GnuPG v2 and GnuPG v1 and, when used with GnuPG -v1, supports using OpenPGP keys and generating and verifying signatures -that are backward-compatible with PGP 2.6.2. - -PGP::Sign provides both a (recommended) object-oriented API and a (legacy) -function-based API that uses global variables for configuration and is -backward-compatible with earlier versions of PGP::Sign. |