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authorDaniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>2020-02-26 17:53:22 +0000
committerDaniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>2020-02-26 18:09:46 +0000
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gpg: Update --trusted-key to accept fingerprint as well as long key id.dkg/fix-4855
* g10/trustdb.c (tdb_register_trusted_key): accept fingerprint as well as long key ID. * doc/gpg.texi: document that --trusted-key can accept a fingerprint. -- GnuPG-bug-id: 4855 Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 988835d22..9dabf46a8 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
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@@ -1651,10 +1651,10 @@ certification level below this as invalid. Defaults to 2, which
disregards level 1 signatures. Note that level 0 "no particular
claim" signatures are always accepted.
-@item --trusted-key @var{long key ID}
+@item --trusted-key @var{long key ID or fingerprint}
@opindex trusted-key
Assume that the specified key (which must be given
-as a full 8 byte key ID) is as trustworthy as one of
+as a full 8 byte key ID or 20 byte fingerprint) is as trustworthy as one of
your own secret keys. This option is useful if you
don't want to keep your secret keys (or one of them)
online but still want to be able to check the validity of a given