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docs: Tails doesn't ship jq, which the offline-signing steps use #111
Description
Tails 7.14 ships qr, zbarcam and gzip, but not jq (package list).
The guide's offline-signing steps (#92, #93) use jq three times:
- filter
listdescriptorsoutput forimportdescriptors - take
.psbtfromsend - take
.hexfromwalletprocesspsbt, only if complete
Options, most preferred first:
- Say in the guide that Tails users install
jqwith Additional Software before disconnecting. - Use something Tails ships instead, such as
python3(3.13 in Tails 7.14). - Handle it in python-codex32.
Decision (Ben, 2026-10-03): option 2. python-codex32 won't handle Bitcoin addresses or their serializations, and the guide recommends only what works in Bails without installing software, since Bails doesn't run as admin. Scripting these steps belongs to Bails: BenWestgate/Bails#312.
Update (Ben, 2026-10-04): moot. #93 drops the guide's QR commands, since QR transport for offline signing is Bails's job, so the guide needs neither jq nor python3.
Activity
docs: Use python3 instead of jq for QR steps
docs: Distinguish offline boot and transfer USB
docs: Trim offline signing to Core's tutorial
docs: Trim offline signing to Core's tutorial
BenWestgate commentedon Oct 7, 2026
Closing as moot per the 2026-10-04 update above: no branch's docs use
jq(git grep -w jqonmaster,reviewability-v1and #93's head finds nothing).Generated by Claude Code
docs: Trim offline signing to Core's tutorial
docs: Trim offline signing to Core's tutorial
docs: Trim offline signing to Core's tutorial