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| -rw-r--r-- | dirmngr/dirmngr.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dirmngr.texi | 7 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c index 4f7f4be32..ffbb10871 100644 --- a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c +++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c @@ -1957,8 +1957,6 @@ housekeeping_thread (void *arg) if (network_activity_seen) { network_activity_seen = 0; - if (opt.allow_version_check) - dirmngr_load_swdb (&ctrlbuf, 0); workqueue_run_global_tasks (&ctrlbuf, 1); } else diff --git a/doc/dirmngr.texi b/doc/dirmngr.texi index 4345e36a9..8e6cbc643 100644 --- a/doc/dirmngr.texi +++ b/doc/dirmngr.texi @@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ Set the size of the queue for pending connections. The default is 64. @item --allow-version-check @opindex allow-version-check Allow Dirmngr to connect to @code{https://versions.gnupg.org} to get -the list of current software versions. If this option is enabled -the list is retrieved in case the local -copy does not exist or is older than 5 to 7 days. See the option +the list of current software versions. +On debian-packaged versions, this option does nothing since software +updates should be handled by the distribution. +See the option @option{--query-swdb} of the command @command{gpgconf} for more details. Note, that regardless of this option a version check can always be triggered using this command: |