Feature #7147

Improve documentation about ISO verification for Mac using GPGTools

Added by steve 2014-05-01 11:49:10 . Updated 2018-12-02 21:45:23 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
sajolida
Category:
Installation
Target version:
Start date:
2014-05-01
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
doc/7147-improve-mac-iso-verification
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
1
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

The current instructions for ISO verification using GPGTools point to the Linux instructions using command line.

Apparently it is also possible to verify the ISO image through graphical means, as described here:

http://support.gpgtools.org/discussions/everything/1520-verification-doesnt-work#comment_32792068

This technique should be tested and added to the documentation by an OS X user.

See also the steps sent by Steve on tails-dev:

See https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-November/009747.html

But this should wait until the Installation Assistant is released (Feature #9323).

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #6319: Restructure the documentation on Mac support Confirmed 2013-09-28

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-01 11:54:21

  • Subject changed from Improve homepage documentation about verification of tails .iso file on OS X to Improve documentation about verification of ISO image on OS X
  • QA Check deleted (Ready for QA)

#2 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-02 13:39:49

  • Estimated time deleted (0 h)

Those instructions are minimal enough for us to include them without much trouble (as we don’t use OS X ourselves). Are you the author of this post on gpgtools.org? Would you be happy to work with us in including and maintaining them into our official documentation?

By the way, the instructions for Firefox are meant to work as well on Mac OS X. That’s why we call it “using other operating systems”. But they have been broken for a while, I know.

#3 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-02 13:40:08

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature

#4 Updated by steve 2014-05-04 15:30:39

Hi guys, yes I wrote that description on the support page. Sorry, currently my schedule does not allow stronger commitment to updating tails docu for osx.

But I’d be very happy to see the verification process updated.

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-06 10:25:51

  • Subject changed from Improve documentation about verification of ISO image on OS X to Improve documentation about ISO verification using GPGTools
  • Description updated
  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#6 Updated by steve 2014-05-14 05:00:56

Quick notice: the description has been improved, I added the important step of adding the tails signing key to GPG Keychain Access as well as additional info about an alternative name of the OpenPGP services item name to verify the iso file.

#7 Updated by sajolida 2014-06-19 17:50:59

  • Subject changed from Improve documentation about ISO verification using GPGTools to Improve documentation about ISO verification for Mac using GPGTools

#8 Updated by Vox 2014-06-28 17:43:36

  • Assignee set to Vox

#9 Updated by Vox 2014-09-19 10:15:28

  • % Done changed from 0 to 50

#10 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-08 02:52:01

  • Category set to Installation

#11 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-08 02:53:56

  • related to Feature #6319: Restructure the documentation on Mac support added

#12 Updated by steve 2015-11-13 04:59:09

Sent a suggestion to dev-tails@boum.org awaiting feedback.

#13 Updated by sajolida 2015-11-17 02:30:53

  • Description updated

#14 Updated by sajolida 2015-11-17 02:31:49

  • Assignee changed from Vox to sajolida

Deassigning from Vox (last updated 1 year ago) and assigning to me. I should update this ticket once the installation assistant is released.

#15 Updated by muri 2016-02-02 14:51:26

  • Feature Branch set to muri:muri-doc/7147-improve-iso-ver

i’ve tried to include steve’s instruction into our verification howto.
see https://gitlab.com/muri/tails.git muri-doc/7147-improve-iso-ver
01fed41 added iso verification steps for gpgtools gui

#16 Updated by sajolida 2016-02-03 12:17:39

  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

#17 Updated by sajolida 2016-03-14 20:04:13

  • Assignee changed from sajolida to muri
  • Feature Branch changed from muri:muri-doc/7147-improve-iso-ver to doc/7147-improve-mac-iso-verification

Thanks for working on this! It’s super useful to have people ready to dig into Mac instructions (I’m not!).

I reworked them and pushed the result in doc/7147-improve-mac-iso-verification. Can you have a look?

Note that I don’t want to make them super perfect and complete as they are likely bound to be rewritten after the discussion in Feature #11027.

#18 Updated by muri 2016-03-19 15:22:13

  • Assignee changed from muri to sajolida

i’ve reviewed, seems good to me. please merge

#19 Updated by sajolida 2016-03-19 23:33:14

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:6708982af0f2c5cec75e05b7526d62d2bc3a364b.

#20 Updated by intrigeri 2018-12-02 21:45:23

  • QA Check deleted (Ready for QA)