* gpg.sgml: Reminders that --cipher-algo, --digest-algo, and

--compress-algo should be avoided.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index c0a640e8d..1bdea86c7 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-18  David Shaw  <[email protected]>
+
+	* gpg.sgml: Reminders that --cipher-algo, --digest-algo, and
+	--compress-algo should be avoided.
+
 2006-04-11  Michael Roth <[email protected]>  (wk)
 
 	* gpg.sgml (passphrase-fd): Explain that only the first line is used.
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml
index 297f6c940..f365c3c7d 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/gpg.sgml
@@ -2159,10 +2159,13 @@ Maximum depth of a certification chain (default is 5).
 <varlistentry>
 <term>--cipher-algo &ParmName;</term>
 <listitem><para>
-Use  &ParmName; as cipher algorithm. Running the program
-with the command --version yields a list of supported
-algorithms. If this is not used the cipher algorithm is
-selected from the preferences stored with the key.
+Use &ParmName; as cipher algorithm. Running the program with the
+command --version yields a list of supported algorithms.  If this is
+not used the cipher algorithm is selected from the preferences stored
+with the key.  In general, you do not want to use this option as it
+allows you to violate the OpenPGP standard.
+--personal-cipher-preferences is the safe way to accomplish the same
+thing.
 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
 
@@ -2170,7 +2173,10 @@ selected from the preferences stored with the key.
 <term>--digest-algo &ParmName;</term>
 <listitem><para>
 Use &ParmName; as the message digest algorithm. Running the program
-with the command --version yields a list of supported algorithms.
+with the command --version yields a list of supported algorithms.  In
+general, you do not want to use this option as it allows you to
+violate the OpenPGP standard.  --personal-digest-preferences is the
+safe way to accomplish the same thing.
 </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
 
@@ -2193,7 +2199,10 @@ compression results than that, but will use a significantly larger
 amount of memory while compressing and decompressing.  This may be
 significant in low memory situations.  Note, however, that PGP (all
 versions) only supports ZIP compression.  Using any algorithm other
-than ZIP or "none" will make the message unreadable with PGP.
+than ZIP or "none" will make the message unreadable with PGP.  In
+general, you do not want to use this option as it allows you to
+violate the OpenPGP standard.  --personal-compress-preferences is the
+safe way to accomplish the same thing.
 </para></listitem></varlistentry>