new (Gem::Package::TarInput)

    # File lib/rubygems/package/tar_input.rb, line 23
      def initialize(io, security_policy = nil)
        @io = io
        @tarreader = Gem::Package::TarReader.new @io
        has_meta = false

        data_sig, meta_sig, data_dgst, meta_dgst = nil, nil, nil, nil
        dgst_algo = security_policy ? Gem::Security::OPT[:dgst_algo] : nil

        @tarreader.each do |entry|
          case entry.full_name
          when "metadata"
            @metadata = load_gemspec entry.read
            has_meta = true
          when "metadata.gz"
            begin
              # if we have a security_policy, then pre-read the metadata file
              # and calculate it's digest
              sio = nil
              if security_policy
                Gem.ensure_ssl_available
                sio = StringIO.new(entry.read)
                meta_dgst = dgst_algo.digest(sio.string)
                sio.rewind
              end

              gzis = Zlib::GzipReader.new(sio || entry)
              # YAML wants an instance of IO
              @metadata = load_gemspec(gzis)
              has_meta = true
            ensure
              gzis.close unless gzis.nil?
            end
          when 'metadata.gz.sig'
            meta_sig = entry.read
          when 'data.tar.gz.sig'
            data_sig = entry.read
          when 'data.tar.gz'
            if security_policy
              Gem.ensure_ssl_available
              data_dgst = dgst_algo.digest(entry.read)
            end
          end
        end

        if security_policy then
          Gem.ensure_ssl_available

          # map trust policy from string to actual class (or a serialized YAML
          # file, if that exists)
          if String === security_policy then
            if Gem::Security::Policies.key? security_policy then
              # load one of the pre-defined security policies
              security_policy = Gem::Security::Policies[security_policy]
            elsif File.exist? security_policy then
              # FIXME: this doesn't work yet
              security_policy = YAML.load File.read(security_policy)
            else
              raise Gem::Exception, "Unknown trust policy '#{security_policy}'"
            end
          end

          if data_sig && data_dgst && meta_sig && meta_dgst then
            # the user has a trust policy, and we have a signed gem
            # file, so use the trust policy to verify the gem signature

            begin
              security_policy.verify_gem(data_sig, data_dgst, @metadata.cert_chain)
            rescue Exception => e
              raise "Couldn't verify data signature: #{e}"
            end

            begin
              security_policy.verify_gem(meta_sig, meta_dgst, @metadata.cert_chain)
            rescue Exception => e
              raise "Couldn't verify metadata signature: #{e}"
            end
          elsif security_policy.only_signed
            raise Gem::Exception, "Unsigned gem"
          else
            # FIXME: should display warning here (trust policy, but
            # either unsigned or badly signed gem file)
          end
        end

        @tarreader.rewind
        @fileops = Gem::FileOperations.new

        raise Gem::Package::FormatError, "No metadata found!" unless has_meta
      end