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doc: Minor additions to the gpg man page 

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Includes a fix for
GnuPG-bug-id: 3906

Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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Werner Koch 2018-08-29 15:04:44 +02:00
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@ -675,6 +675,10 @@ supplied passphrase is used for the new key and the agent does not ask
for it. To create a key without any protection @code{--passphrase ''}
may be used.
Note that it is possible to create a primary key and a subkey using
non-default algorithms by using ``default'' and changing the default
parameters using the option @option{--default-new-key-algo}.
@item --quick-set-expire @var{fpr} @var{expire} [*|@var{subfprs}]
@opindex quick-set-expire
With two arguments given, directly set the expiration time of the
@ -702,7 +706,8 @@ and other ECC curves. For example the string ``rsa'' adds an RSA key
with the default key length; a string ``rsa4096'' requests that the
key length is 4096 bits. The string ``future-default'' is an alias
for the algorithm which will likely be used as default algorithm in
future versions of gpg.
future versions of gpg. To list the supported ECC curves the command
@code{gpg --with-colons --list-config curve} can be used.
Depending on the given @var{algo} the subkey may either be an
encryption subkey or a signing subkey. If an algorithm is capable of
@ -3353,13 +3358,14 @@ user.
@opindex override-session-key
Don't use the public key but the session key @var{string} respective
the session key taken from the first line read from file descriptor
@var{fd}. The format of this string is the same as the one printed
by @option{--show-session-key}. This option is normally not used but
@var{fd}. The format of this string is the same as the one printed by
@option{--show-session-key}. This option is normally not used but
comes handy in case someone forces you to reveal the content of an
encrypted message; using this option you can do this without handing
out the secret key. Note that using @option{--override-session-key}
may reveal the session key to all local users via the global process
table.
table. Often it is useful to combine this option with
@option{--no-keyring}.
@item --ask-sig-expire
@itemx --no-ask-sig-expire