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authorDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2004-02-26 05:04:16 +0000
committerDavid Shaw <[email protected]>2004-02-26 05:04:16 +0000
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* gpg.sgml: Document keyserver-option http-proxy, import-option
merge-only, remove old honor-http-proxy, --merge-only, and --emulate-md-encode-bug. Document COLUMNS and LINES.
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg.sgml43
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 78b2b2589..6847b8a17 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-02-25 David Shaw <[email protected]>
+
+ * gpg.sgml: Document keyserver-option http-proxy, import-option
+ merge-only, remove old honor-http-proxy, --merge-only, and
+ --emulate-md-encode-bug. Document COLUMNS and LINES.
+
2004-02-12 David Shaw <[email protected]>
* gnupg.7: Clarify that 'gpgv' doesn't encrypt, and that's not a
diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml
index 58c893df6..e80deb39d 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/gpg.sgml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
<!entity ParmValue "<parameter>value</parameter>">
<!entity ParmNameValue "<parameter>name=value</parameter>">
<!entity ParmNameValues "<parameter>name=value1 <optional>value2 value3 ...</optional></parameter>">
+<!entity OptEqualsValue "<optional>=value</optional>">
]>
<refentry id="gpg">
@@ -632,8 +633,9 @@ keyring. The fast version is currently just a synonym.
</para>
<para>
There are a few other options which control how this command works.
-Most notable here is the --merge-only option which does not insert new keys
-but does only the merging of new signatures, user-IDs and subkeys.
+Most notable here is the --keyserver-option merge-only option which
+does not insert new keys but does only the merging of new signatures,
+user-IDs and subkeys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@@ -1166,11 +1168,12 @@ be repeated multiple times to increase the verbosity level.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
-<term>honor-http-proxy</term>
+<term>http-proxy&OptEqualsValue;</term>
<listitem><para>
For keyserver schemes that use HTTP (such as HKP), try to access the
-keyserver over the proxy set with the environment variable
-"http_proxy".
+keyserver over a proxy. If a &ParmValue; is specified, use this as
+the HTTP proxy. If no &ParmValue; is specified, try to use the value
+of the environment variable "http_proxy".
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1217,6 +1220,13 @@ give you back one subkey. Defaults to no for regular --import and to
yes for keyserver --recv-keys.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>merge-only</term>
+<listitem><para>
+During import, allow key updates to existing keys, but do not allow
+any new keys to be imported. Defaults to no.
+</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@@ -2355,15 +2365,6 @@ This is not for normal use. Use the source to see for what it might be useful.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
-<term>--emulate-md-encode-bug</term>
-<listitem><para>
-GnuPG versions prior to 1.0.2 had a bug in the way a signature was
-encoded. This options enables a workaround by checking faulty
-signatures again with the encoding used in old versions. This may
-only happen for Elgamal signatures which are not widely used.
-</para></listitem></varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
<term>--show-session-key</term>
<listitem><para>
Display the session key used for one message. See --override-session-key
@@ -2418,12 +2419,6 @@ off. --no-expert disables this option.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
-<term>--merge-only</term>
-<listitem><para>
-Don't insert new keys into the keyrings while doing an import.
-</para></listitem></varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
<term>--allow-secret-key-import</term>
<listitem><para>
This is an obsolete option and is not used anywhere.
@@ -2719,6 +2714,14 @@ be used to override it.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Only honored when the keyserver-option
honor-http-proxy is set.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term>COLUMNS</term>
+<term>LINES</term>
+<listitem><para>
+Used to size some displays to the full size of the screen.
+</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>