>> 	$ nbsvtool verify binary_pkg.sp7 && echo woohoo everything ok
> ... which can't be used on other platforms where nbsvtool hasn't been
> ported or doesn't exist; the ubiquity of GnuPG in this case means
> that people on other systems don't have to fight with the porting and
> installation of a non-standard package that wouldn't be used for
> anything but NetBSD system distribution.

Instead, they have to fight with the porting and installation of GnuPG,
which from uptread messages is pretty egregious.  (If it would mean
installing perl, which is what I saw mentioned, I for one simply
wouldn't bother checking things.)

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