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| author | Justus Winter <[email protected]> | 2017-02-15 15:17:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Justus Winter <[email protected]> | 2017-02-15 15:45:45 +0000 |
| commit | de708e5934cda380dbc3ae51f587c09041de7562 (patch) | |
| tree | 27b41754cc3a7fb715051105c355296144768f93 /NEWS | |
| parent | python: Fix build system integration. (diff) | |
| download | gpgme-de708e5934cda380dbc3ae51f587c09041de7562.tar.gz gpgme-de708e5934cda380dbc3ae51f587c09041de7562.zip | |
core: Fix expiration time handling when creating keys.
* NEWS: Update.
* doc/gpgme.texi (gpgme_op_createkey): Clarify the meaning of the
'expire' parameter.
(GPGME_CREATE_NOEXPIRE): Document new flag.
(gpgme_op_createsubkey): Clarify the meaning of the 'expire'
parameter.
* src/engine-gpg.c (gpg_add_algo_usage_expire): Fix handling of the
expiration time.
* src/gpgme.h.in (GPGME_CREATE_NOEXPIRE): New macro.
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Previously, the documentation stated that the expiration time was an
absolute timestamp. However, this value was passed using the
'seconds=N' syntax to GnuPG which specifies the expiration time in
seconds relative to the creation time. Fix the documentation.
Furthermore, the documentation stated that using 0 results in keys
that do not expire. This was communicated to GnuPG by using the
implicit default. However, as of GnuPG 2.1.17, the default was
changed to create keys that expire within a reasonable timespan.
Fix this discrepancy by aligning the behavior with recent GnuPG
versions: 0 means use a reasonable default, and introduce a flag that
can be used to create keys that do not expire. Communicate this
explicitly to GnuPG.
Signed-off-by: Justus Winter <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.8.1 (unreleased) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gpgme_strerror_r CHANGED: Use gpgme_error_t (compatible type). gpgme_data_set_flag CHANGED: Return gpgme_error_t (compatible type). + gpgme_op_createkey CHANGED: Meaning of 'expire' parameter. + gpgme_op_createsubkey CHANGED: Meaning of 'expire' parameter. + GPGME_CREATE_NOEXPIRE NEW. cpp: Context::revUid(const Key&, const char*) NEW. cpp: Context::startRevUid(const Key&, const char*) NEW. cpp: Context::addUid(const Key&, const char*) NEW. |