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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2016-11-17 09:07:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2016-11-17 09:08:20 +0000 |
| commit | c45ca316a54665915ae08399484db271566db7c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 53da1a03869c19399af18ec740aa809b13c80e61 /doc/tools.texi | |
| parent | gpgconf: Change the displayed names of the components. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-c45ca316a54665915ae08399484db271566db7c0.tar.gz gnupg-c45ca316a54665915ae08399484db271566db7c0.zip | |
dirmngr: Improve downloading of swdb.lst.
* dirmngr/loadswdb.c (time_of_saved_swdb): Aslo return the "verified"
timestamp.
(dirmngr_load_swdb): Avoid unnecessary disk or network access witout
FORCE. Do not update swdb.lst if it did not change.
Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tools.texi')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi index 6e578a3ad..b1ed61584 100644 --- a/doc/tools.texi +++ b/doc/tools.texi @@ -307,7 +307,15 @@ is given, check that file instead. @item --query-swdb @var{package_name} [@var{version_string}] Returns the current version for @var{package_name} and if @var{version_string} is given also an indicator on whether an update -is available. +is available. The actual file with the software version is +automatically downloaded and checked by @command{dirmngr}. +@command{dirmngr} uses a thresholds to avoid download the file too +often and it does this by default only if it can be done via Tor. To +force an update of that file this command can be used: + +@example + gpg-connect-agent --dirmngr 'loadswdb --force' /bye +@end example @item --reload [@var{component}] |