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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 804ecf94a..457088eb3 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -635,12 +635,13 @@ The @option{--dearmor} command can also be used to dearmor PEM armors. @item --unwrap @opindex unwrap -This command is similar to @option{--decrypt} with the change that the +This command is similar to @option{--decrypt} with the difference that the output is not the usual plaintext but the original message with the -decryption layer removed. Thus the output will be an OpenPGP data +encryption layer removed. Thus the output will be an OpenPGP data structure which often means a signed OpenPGP message. Note that this command may or may not remove a compression layer which is often found -beneath the encryption layer. +beneath the encryption layer. Without the option @option{--output} +the result is written to a file with the suffix stripped. @item --tofu-policy @{auto|good|unknown|bad|ask@} @var{keys} @opindex tofu-policy @@ -860,9 +861,10 @@ line. @opindex keyedit:tsign Make a trust signature. This is a signature that combines the notions of certification (like a regular signature), and trust (like the - "trust" command). It is generally only useful in distinct communities - or groups. For more information please read the sections - ``Trust Signature'' and ``Regular Expression'' in RFC-4880. + "trust" command). It is generally useful in distinct communities + or groups to implement the concept of a Trusted Introducer. For + more information please read the sections ``Trust Signature'' and + ``Regular Expression'' in RFC-4880. @end table @c man:.RS @@ -1658,6 +1660,16 @@ for the BZIP2 compression algorithm (defaulting to 6 as well). This is a different option from @option{--compress-level} since BZIP2 uses a significant amount of memory for each additional compression level. @option{-z} sets both. A value of 0 for @var{n} disables compression. +A value of -1 forces compression using the default level. + +Except for the @option{--store} command compression is always used +unless @command{gpg} detects that the input is already compressed. To +inhibit the use of compression use @option{-z0}; to force compression +use @option{-z-1} or option @option{z} with another compression level +than the default as indicated by -1. Note that this overriding of the +default deection works only with @option{z} and not with the long +variant of this option. + @item --bzip2-decompress-lowmem @opindex bzip2-decompress-lowmem |