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authorIneiev <[email protected]>2018-05-06 05:58:23 +0000
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doc: Update description of displayed trust values.
* doc/trust-values.texi: New file. * doc/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add trust-values.texi. * doc/gnupg.texi (Trust Values): New chapter. * doc/gpg.texi (OpenPGP Key Management): Update the description of how trust values are displayed, replace table with a reference to Trust Values. * doc/gpg.texi (GPG Examples): Add @mansect trust values. -- Signed-off-by: Ineiev <[email protected]>
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@@ -1040,38 +1040,13 @@ signing.
@c man:.RS
The listing shows you the key with its secondary keys and all user
-ids. The primary user id is indicated by a dot, and selected keys or
-user ids are indicated by an asterisk. The trust
-value is displayed with the primary key: the first is the assigned owner
-trust and the second is the calculated trust value. Letters are used for
-the values:
+IDs. The primary user ID is indicated by a dot, and selected keys or
+user IDs are indicated by an asterisk. The trust
+value is displayed with the primary key: "trust" is the assigned owner
+trust and "validity" is the calculated validity of the key. Validity
+values are also displayed for all user IDs.
+For possible values of trust, @pxref{trust-values}.
@c man:.RE
-
-@table @asis
-
- @item -
- No ownertrust assigned / not yet calculated.
-
- @item e
- Trust
- calculation has failed; probably due to an expired key.
-
- @item q
- Not enough information for calculation.
-
- @item n
- Never trust this key.
-
- @item m
- Marginally trusted.
-
- @item f
- Fully trusted.
-
- @item u
- Ultimately trusted.
-
-@end table
@c ******** End Edit-key Options **********
@item --sign-key @var{name}
@@ -3798,6 +3773,10 @@ which is equivalent to
imports only the user ids of a key containing the strings "Alfa"
or "Alpha" but not the string "test".
+@mansect trust values
+@ifset isman
+@include trust-values.texi
+@end ifset
@mansect return value
@chapheading RETURN VALUE