From 0cca6ec53d67fa51fc7e73bf72cda0badc717d94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:42:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explain "major version number" https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/7027/ --- project-security/verifying-signatures.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/project-security/verifying-signatures.md b/project-security/verifying-signatures.md index 2e6c2e2d..5cdfc45c 100644 --- a/project-security/verifying-signatures.md +++ b/project-security/verifying-signatures.md @@ -292,8 +292,10 @@ Before we proceed, you must first complete the following prerequisite steps: The first step is to obtain the correct RSK. The filename of the RSK for your Qubes OS release is usually `qubes-release-X-signing-key.asc`, where `X` is the -major version number of your Qubes release. There are several ways to get the -RSK for your Qubes release. +[major version number](https://semver.org/) of your Qubes release. For example, +if you were installing release `1.2.3`, you would replace `X` with `1`, +resulting in `qubes-release-1-signing-key.asc`. There are several ways to get +the RSK for your Qubes release. - If you have access to an existing Qubes installation, the release keys are available in dom0 in `/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-qubes-*`. These can be