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authorJustus Winter <[email protected]>2016-12-19 14:40:16 +0000
committerJustus Winter <[email protected]>2016-12-19 14:42:35 +0000
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parenttests: New test for --delete-[secret-]keys. (diff)
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doc: Clarify that delkey deletes public keys.
-- GnuPG-bug-id: 2878 Signed-off-by: Justus Winter <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
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--- a/doc/gpg.texi
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@@ -930,7 +930,8 @@ signing.
@opindex keyedit:delkey
Remove a subkey (secondary key). Note that it is not possible to retract
a subkey, once it has been send to the public (i.e. to a keyserver). In
- that case you better use @code{revkey}.
+ that case you better use @code{revkey}. Also note that this only
+ deletes the public part of a key.
@item revkey
@opindex keyedit:revkey