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@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ are flagges as ephemeral, meaning that they are only temporary stored
provided by @command{gpgsm} or @command{gpg}. 81 certifcates are stored
in a standard way and directly available from @command{gpgsm}.
+@noindent
+To find duplicated certificates and keyblocks in a keybox file (this
+should not occur but sometimes things go wrong), run it using
+
+@samp{kbxutil --find-dups ~/.gnupg/pubring.kbx}
+
+
@@ -165,6 +172,18 @@ stored private keys because some private keys are used for Secure Shell
or other purposes and don't have a corresponding certificate.
+@item A root certificate does not verify
+
+A common problem is that the root certificate misses the required
+basicConstrains attribute and thus @command{gpgsm} rejects this
+certificate. An error message indicating ``no value'' is a sign for
+such a certificate. You may use the @code{relax} flag in
+@file{trustlist.txt} to accept the certificate anyway. Note that the
+fingerprint and this flag may only be added manually to
+@file{trustlist.txt}.
+
+
+
@end itemize