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authorAlon Bar-Lev <[email protected]>2017-09-01 19:19:26 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2017-09-11 10:42:53 +0000
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sm: Move qualified.txt from datadir into sysconfdir
* doc/Makefile.am: Move qualified.txt into examples. * doc/qualified.txt: Move into examples, remove trailing spaces. * doc/examples/README: Document qualified.txt. * doc/gpgsm.texi: Move qualified.txt from datadir into sysconfdir. * sm/qualified.c (read_list): Move qualified.txt from datadir into sysconfdir. -- The qualified.txt is maintained by Administrator it is a configuration file. In the past it was a hybrid, provided by package and controlled by the Administrator, however, it is no longer maintained by package. Signed-off-by: Alon Bar-Lev <[email protected]>
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@@ -843,15 +843,9 @@ purposes.
Note that even if a certificate is listed in this file, this does not
mean that the certificate is trusted; in general the certificates listed
-in this file need to be listed also in @file{trustlist.txt}.
-
-This is a global file an installed in the data directory
-(e.g. @file{@value{DATADIR}/qualified.txt}). GnuPG installs a suitable
-file with root certificates as used in Germany. As new Root-CA
-certificates may be issued over time, these entries may need to be
-updated; new distributions of this software should come with an updated
-list but it is still the responsibility of the Administrator to check
-that this list is correct.
+in this file need to be listed also in @file{trustlist.txt}. This is a global
+file an installed in the sysconf directory (e.g.
+@file{@value{SYSCONFDIR}/qualified.txt}).
Every time @command{gpgsm} uses a certificate for signing or verification
this file will be consulted to check whether the certificate under