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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2016-06-16 17:53:14 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2016-06-16 17:53:14 +0000
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parentspeedo: New target w32-release-offline (diff)
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doc: Add more strong hints towards --with-colons.
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index be8045066..6437b9061 100644
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@@ -281,9 +281,10 @@ List all keys from the public keyrings, or just the keys given on the
command line.
Avoid using the output of this command in scripts or other programs as
-it is likely to change as GnuPG changes. See @option{--with-colons} for a
-machine-parseable key listing command that is appropriate for use in
-scripts and other programs.
+it is likely to change as GnuPG changes. See @option{--with-colons}
+for a machine-parseable key listing command that is appropriate for
+use in scripts and other programs. Never use the regular output for
+scripts - it is only for human consumption.
@item --list-secret-keys
@itemx -K
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ scripts and other programs.
List all keys from the secret keyrings, or just the ones given on the
command line. A @code{#} after the letters @code{sec} means that the
secret key is not usable (for example, if it was created via
-@option{--export-secret-subkeys}).
+@option{--export-secret-subkeys}). See also @option{--list-keys}.
@item --list-sigs
@opindex list-sigs