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docs: image/signature: Document ASCII Armor Message not supported#839

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@simek-m simek-m commented May 11, 2026

This PR updates the containers-signature(5) man page with the clarification that the ASCII-armored container OpenPGP signatures are not supported.

Fixes: #637

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Fixes: containers#637
Signed-off-by: Marek Simek <msimek@redhat.com>
@simek-m simek-m force-pushed the 637-doc-no-ascii-armor-signature branch from ee7e824 to 847d5c5 Compare May 12, 2026 07:48
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LGTM

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Thanks!

@mtrmac mtrmac merged commit 687bcc7 into containers:main May 12, 2026
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A quick clarification: if ASCII Armor is not to be used, how is the signature encoded? As-is, it's binary packet data, and unsuitable for JSON, is it not?

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