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authorDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2002-03-27 06:24:26 +0000
committerDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2002-03-27 06:24:26 +0000
commit84dc3fee797bd6e2caedec76ee48260b18221074 (patch)
tree37d4a9b9965c4033d5f7141780c6342355113c1e
parentMinor tweak to importing to allow more non-signed uids (now that (diff)
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Add a few notes about --pgp2 meaning MIT PGP 2.6.2, and keyserver details
about HKP and NAI HKP to the manual.
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.sgml15
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index e3d894bb9..ec7caf475 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-27 David Shaw <[email protected]>
+
+ * gpg.sgml: Add a few notes about --pgp2 meaning MIT PGP 2.6.2,
+ and keyserver details about HKP and NAI HKP.
+
2002-03-18 David Shaw <[email protected]>
* gpg.sgml: Change meaning of --allow-non-selfsigned-uid to match
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml
index 8fc8a4059..910370ec2 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/gpg.sgml
@@ -937,22 +937,25 @@ each time.
<listitem><para>
This is a space or comma delimited string that gives options for the
keyserver. Options can be prepended with a `no-' to give the opposite
-meaning. While not all options are available for all keyserver
-schemes, some common options are:
+meaning. While not all options are available for all keyserver types,
+some common options are:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>include-revoked</term>
<listitem><para>
When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on
-the keyserver as revoked.
+the keyserver as revoked. Note that this option is always set when
+using the NAI HKP keyserver, as this keyserver does not differentiate
+between revoked and unrevoked keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>include-disabled</term>
<listitem><para>
When receiving or searching for a key, include keys that are marked on
-the keyserver as disabled.
+the keyserver as disabled. Note that this option is not used with HKP
+keyservers, as they do not support disabling keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1470,7 +1473,9 @@ Try to be more RFC1991 (PGP 2.x) compliant.
<listitem><para>
Set up all options to be as PGP 2.x compliant as possible, and warn if
an action is taken (e.g. encrypting to a non-RSA key) that will create
-a message that PGP 2.x will not be able to handle.
+a message that PGP 2.x will not be able to handle. Note that `PGP
+2.x' here means `MIT PGP 2.6.2'. There are other versions of PGP 2.x
+available, but the MIT release is a good common baseline.
</para><para>
This option implies `--rfc1991 --no-openpgp --no-force-v4-certs
--no-comment --escape-from --no-force-v3-sigs --cipher-algo IDEA