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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-11-12 08:56:40 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-11-12 08:56:40 +0000
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gpg: Add import options "keep-ownertrust".
* g10/options.h (IMPORT_KEEP_OWNERTTRUST): New. * g10/import.c (parse_import_options): Add "keep-ownertrust". (import_one): Act upon new option. -- This option is in particular useful to convert from a pubring.gpg to the new pubring.kbx in GnuPG 2.1 or vice versa: gpg1 --export | gpg2 --import-options keep-ownertrust --import
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@@ -1991,6 +1991,15 @@ opposite meaning. The options are:
generally useful unless a shared keyring scheme is being used.
Defaults to no.
+ @item import-keep-ownertrust
+ Normally possible still existing ownertrust values of a key are
+ cleared if a key is imported. This is in general desirable so that
+ a formerly deleted key does not automatically gain an ownertrust
+ values merely due to import. On the other hand it is sometimes
+ necessary to re-import a trusted set of keys again but keeping
+ already assigned ownertrust values. This can be achived by using
+ this option.
+
@item repair-pks-subkey-bug
During import, attempt to repair the damage caused by the PKS keyserver
bug (pre version 0.9.6) that mangles keys with multiple subkeys. Note