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diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 1411c7154..a264e53ee 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Note that new version of GnuPG or the use of certain options may add new fields to the output. Parsers should not assume a limit on the number of fields per line. Some fields are not yet used or only used with certain record types; parsers should ignore fields they are not -aware of. +aware of. New versions of GnuPG or the use of certain options may add +new types of records as well. Parsers should ignore any record whose +type they do not recognize for forward-compatibility. The double =--with-fingerprint= prints the fingerprint for the subkeys too. Old versions of gpg used a slightly different format and required @@ -358,8 +360,10 @@ pkd:0:1024:B665B1435F4C2 .... FF26ABB: Every line is prefixed with "[GNUPG:] ", followed by a keyword with the type of the status line and some arguments depending on the type - (maybe none); an application should always be prepared to see new - keyworkds or more arguments in future versions. + (maybe none); an application should always be willing to ignore + unknown keywords that may be emitted by future versions of GnuPG. + Also, new versions of GnuPG may add arguments to existing keywords. + Any additional arguments should be ignored for forward-compatibility. ** General status codes *** NEWSIG [<signers_uid>] |