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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2013-10-04 19:01:16 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2013-10-04 19:01:16 +0000
commitf5c32bd1c6416c97762d7960c94d6f536e259cfa (patch)
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parentgpg: Print a "not found" message for an unknown key in --key-edit. (diff)
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doc: Update from master.
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.texi72
-rw-r--r--doc/gpgv.texi13
-rw-r--r--doc/opt-homedir.texi14
3 files changed, 74 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index d67900042..c588d7a1d 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ signed stuff from STDIN, use @samp{-} as the second filename. For
security reasons a detached signature cannot read the signed material
from STDIN without denoting it in the above way.
+Note: When verifying a cleartext signature, @command{gpg} verifies
+only what makes up the cleartext signed data and not any extra data
+outside of the cleartext signature or header lines following directly
+the dash marker line. The option @code{--output} may be used to write
+out the actual signed data; but there are other pitfalls with this
+format as well. It is suggested to avoid cleartext signatures in
+favor of detached signatures.
+
@item --multifile
@opindex multifile
This modifies certain other commands to accept multiple files for
@@ -926,7 +934,9 @@ behaviour and to change the default configuration.
* GPG Key related Options:: Key related options.
* GPG Input and Output:: Input and Output.
* OpenPGP Options:: OpenPGP protocol specific options.
+* Compliance Options:: Compliance options.
* GPG Esoteric Options:: Doing things one usually don't want to do.
+* Deprecated Options:: Deprecated options.
@end menu
Long options can be put in an options file (default
@@ -1293,9 +1303,7 @@ encoded in the character set as specified by
@option{--display-charset}. These options affect all following
arguments. Both options may be used multiple times.
-@ifset gpgone
-@anchor{option --options}
-@end ifset
+@anchor{gpg-option --options}
@item --options @code{file}
@opindex options
Read options from @code{file} and do not try to read them from the
@@ -2185,6 +2193,7 @@ meaningful if @option{--s2k-mode} is 3.
@c ***************************
@c ******* Compliance ********
@c ***************************
+@node Compliance Options
@subsection Compliance options
These options control what GnuPG is compliant to. Only one of these
@@ -2418,7 +2427,7 @@ check. @code{value} may be any printable string; it will be encoded in
UTF8, so you should check that your @option{--display-charset} is set
correctly. If you prefix @code{name} with an exclamation mark (!), the
notation data will be flagged as critical
-(rfc2440:5.2.3.15). @option{--sig-notation} sets a notation for data
+(rfc4880:5.2.3.16). @option{--sig-notation} sets a notation for data
signatures. @option{--cert-notation} sets a notation for key signatures
(certifications). @option{--set-notation} sets both.
@@ -2440,7 +2449,7 @@ meaningful when using the OpenPGP smartcard.
@opindex sig-policy-url
@opindex cert-policy-url
@opindex set-policy-url
-Use @code{string} as a Policy URL for signatures (rfc2440:5.2.3.19). If
+Use @code{string} as a Policy URL for signatures (rfc4880:5.2.3.20). If
you prefix it with an exclamation mark (!), the policy URL packet will
be flagged as critical. @option{--sig-policy-url} sets a policy url for
data signatures. @option{--cert-policy-url} sets a policy url for key
@@ -2611,6 +2620,26 @@ Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch}
has also been given. This is different from @command{gpg}.
@end ifclear
+@ifset gpgtwoone
+@item --pinentry-mode @code{mode}
+@opindex pinentry-mode
+Set the pinentry mode to @code{mode}. Allowed values for @code{mode}
+are:
+@table @asis
+ @item default
+ Use the default of the agent, which is @code{ask}.
+ @item ask
+ Force the use of the Pinentry.
+ @item cancel
+ Emulate use of Pinentry's cancel button.
+ @item error
+ Return a Pinentry error (``No Pinentry'').
+ @item loopback
+ Redirect Pinentry queries to the caller. Note that in contrast to
+ Pinentry the user is not prompted again if he enters a bad password.
+@end table
+@end ifset
+
@item --command-fd @code{n}
@opindex command-fd
This is a replacement for the deprecated shared-memory IPC mode.
@@ -2827,6 +2856,7 @@ on the configuration file.
@c *******************************
@c ******* Deprecated ************
@c *******************************
+@node Deprecated Options
@subsection Deprecated options
@table @gnupgtabopt
@@ -2909,7 +2939,7 @@ current home directory (@pxref{option --homedir}).
This is the standard configuration file read by @command{@gpgname} on
startup. It may contain any valid long option; the leading two dashes
may not be entered and the option may not be abbreviated. This default
- name may be changed on the command line (@pxref{option --options}).
+ name may be changed on the command line (@pxref{gpg-option --options}).
You should backup this file.
@end table
@@ -2972,9 +3002,9 @@ Operation is further controlled by a few environment variables:
@item GPG_AGENT_INFO
Used to locate the gpg-agent.
- @ifset gpgone
+@ifset gpgone
This is only honored when @option{--use-agent} is set.
- @end ifset
+@end ifset
The value consists of 3 colon delimited fields: The first is the path
to the Unix Domain Socket, the second the PID of the gpg-agent and the
protocol version which should be set to 1. When starting the gpg-agent
@@ -3149,8 +3179,8 @@ are almost always required for this.
@end menu
-@node Unattended GPG key generation,,,Unattended Usage of GPG
-@section Unattended key generation
+@node Unattended GPG key generation
+@subsection Unattended key generation
The command @option{--gen-key} may be used along with the option
@option{--batch} for unattended key generation. The parameters are
@@ -3290,21 +3320,23 @@ If you don't give any of them, no user ID is created.
@item Expire-Date: @var{iso-date}|(@var{number}[d|w|m|y])
Set the expiration date for the key (and the subkey). It may either
-be entered in ISO date format (2000-08-15) or as number of days,
-weeks, month or years. The special notation "seconds=N" is also
-allowed to directly give an Epoch value. Without a letter days are
-assumed. Note that there is no check done on the overflow of the type
-used by OpenPGP for timestamps. Thus you better make sure that the
-given value make sense. Although OpenPGP works with time intervals,
-GnuPG uses an absolute value internally and thus the last year we can
-represent is 2105.
+be entered in ISO date format (e.g. "20000815T145012") or as number of
+days, weeks, month or years after the creation date. The special
+notation "seconds=N" is also allowed to specify a number of seconds
+since creation. Without a letter days are assumed. Note that there
+is no check done on the overflow of the type used by OpenPGP for
+timestamps. Thus you better make sure that the given value make
+sense. Although OpenPGP works with time intervals, GnuPG uses an
+absolute value internally and thus the last year we can represent is
+2105.
@item Ceation-Date: @var{iso-date}
Set the creation date of the key as stored in the key information and
which is also part of the fingerprint calculation. Either a date like
"1986-04-26" or a full timestamp like "19860426T042640" may be used.
-The time is considered to be UTC. If it is not given the current time
-is used.
+The time is considered to be UTC. The special notation "seconds=N"
+may be used to directly specify a the number of seconds since Epoch
+(Unix time). If it is not given the current time is used.
@item Preferences: @var{string}
Set the cipher, hash, and compression preference values for this key.
diff --git a/doc/gpgv.texi b/doc/gpgv.texi
index b6047f4ba..0cb2360f8 100644
--- a/doc/gpgv.texi
+++ b/doc/gpgv.texi
@@ -62,10 +62,15 @@ the public keys used to make the signature are valid. There are
no configuration files and only a few options are implemented.
@code{@gpgvname} assumes that all keys in the keyring are trustworthy.
-By default it uses a keyring named @file{trustedkeys.gpg} which is
-assumed to be in the home directory as defined by GnuPG or set by an
-option or an environment variable. An option may be used to specify
-another keyring or even multiple keyrings.
+That does also mean that it does not check for expired or revoked
+keys.
+
+By default a keyring named @file{trustedkeys.gpg} is used. This
+default keyring is assumed to be in the home directory of GnuPG,
+either the default home directory or the one set by an option or an
+environment variable. The option @code{--keyring} may be used to
+specify a different keyring or even multiple keyrings.
+
@noindent
@mansect options
diff --git a/doc/opt-homedir.texi b/doc/opt-homedir.texi
index e382f6368..033a9016b 100644
--- a/doc/opt-homedir.texi
+++ b/doc/opt-homedir.texi
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ Set the name of the home directory to @var{dir}. If this option is not
used, the home directory defaults to @file{~/.gnupg}. It is only
recognized when given on the command line. It also overrides any home
directory stated through the environment variable @env{GNUPGHOME} or
-(on W32 systems) by means of the Registry entry
+(on Windows systems) by means of the Registry entry
@var{HKCU\Software\GNU\GnuPG:HomeDir}.
+On Windows systems it is possible to install GnuPG as a portable
+application. In this case only this command line option is
+considered, all other ways to set a home directory are ignored.
+
+To install GnuPG as a portable application under Windows, create an
+empty file name @file{gpgconf.ctl} in the same directory as the tool
+@file{gpgconf.exe}. The root of the installation is than that
+directory; or, if @file{gpgconf.exe} has been installed directly below
+a directory named @file{bin}, its parent directory. You also need to
+make sure that the following directories exist and are writable:
+@file{ROOT/home} for the GnuPG home and @file{ROOT/var/cache/gnupg}
+for internal cache files.