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Bug 41093: Add a patch to unsign APKs.

Pier Angelo Vendrame requested to merge pierov/tor-browser-build:bug_41093 into main

Merge Info

Related Issues

Backporting

Timeline

  • Immediate: patchset needed as soon as possible
  • Next Minor Stable Release: patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
  • Eventually: patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport
  • No Backport (preferred): patchset for the next major stable

(Optional) Justification

  • Emergency security update: patchset fixes CVEs, 0-days, etc
  • Censorship event: patchset enables censorship circumvention
  • Critical bug-fix: patchset fixes a bug in core-functionality
  • Consistency: patchset which would make development easier if it were in both the alpha and release branches; developer tools, build system changes, etc
    • This patch is trivial enough and it might be appreciated by rebuilders. We'll have to check for the signing part though.
  • Sponsor required: patchset required for sponsor
  • Other: please explain

Issue Tracking

Review

Request Reviewer

  • Request review from an applications developer depending on modified system:
    • NOTE: if the MR modifies multiple areas, please /cc all the relevant reviewers (since gitlab only allows 1 reviewer)
    • accessibility : henry
    • android : clairehurst, dan
    • build system : boklm
    • extensions : ma1
    • firefox internals (XUL/JS/XPCOM) : ma1
    • fonts : pierov
    • frontend (implementation) : henry
    • frontend (review) : donuts, richard
    • localization : henry, pierov
    • macos : clairehurst, dan
    • nightly builds : boklm
    • rebases/release-prep : boklm, dan, ma1, pierov, richard
    • security : ma1
    • signing : boklm, richard
    • updater : pierov
    • misc/other : pierov, richard

Change Description

With this commit we export a binary patch to strip the signature from the QA-signed APKs.

Another MR will consume this patch in the signing scripts.

How Tested

Built rbm/rbm browser --target alpha --target torbrowser-android-$arch and checked we get the expected files in our output directory.

Still to check:

  • the release projects actually include the hashes of the diff files (build in progress)
  • the new files are reproducible

so, marking as draft until I verify also this.

Edited by Pier Angelo Vendrame

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