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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2017-03-24 09:30:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2017-03-24 09:35:36 +0000 |
| commit | 2c237c13628a88ba23742da34ea18d3e205d7c53 (patch) | |
| tree | 460f3b0071cb276356ad1f34578897fd0e3f0aaa /doc/gpg-agent.texi | |
| parent | agent: New option --stub-only for DELETE_KEY (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-2c237c13628a88ba23742da34ea18d3e205d7c53.tar.gz gnupg-2c237c13628a88ba23742da34ea18d3e205d7c53.zip | |
agent: New option --enable-extended-key-format.
* agent/gpg-agent.c (oEnableExtendedKeyFormat): New const.
(opts): New option --enable-extended-key-format.
(parse_rereadable_options): Set option
* agent/findkey.c (write_extended_private_key): Add arg 'update'.
(agent_write_private_key): Implement new option.
Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg-agent.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg-agent.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index b72892c2a..ca9d469fd 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -571,6 +571,15 @@ local gpg-agent and use its private keys. This enables decrypting or signing data on a remote machine without exposing the private keys to the remote machine. +@anchor{option --enable-extended-key-format} +@item --enable-extended-key-format +@opindex enable-extended-key-format +This option creates keys in the extended private key format. Changing +the passphrase of a key will also convert the key to that new format. +Using this option makes the private keys unreadable for gpg-agent +versions before 2.1.12. The advantage of the extended private key +format is that it is text based and can carry additional meta data. + @anchor{option --enable-ssh-support} @item --enable-ssh-support |