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doc: Remove some stuff for the very incomplete instguide. 

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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include brief information on how to set up the whole thing. Please
watch the GnuPG website for updates of the documentation. In the
meantime you may search the GnuPG mailing list archives or ask on the
gnupg-users mailing listsfor advise on how to solve problems or how to
get that whole thing up and running.
get that whole thing up and running.
** Building the software
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ that you are already reading this documentation we can only give some
extra hints
To comply with the rules on GNU systems you should have build time
configured @command{dirmngr} using:
configured @command{gnupg} using:
@example
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ the binaries get installed. If you selected to use the
the default then.
** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted
Such questions may also help to write a proper installation guide.
[to be written]
XXX Tell how to setup the system, install certificates, how dirmngr relates
to GnuPG etc.
** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted
** Notes on setting a root CA key to trusted
X.509 is based on a hierarchical key infrastructure. At the root of the
tree a trusted anchor (root certificate) is required. There are usually
@ -64,28 +52,26 @@ contains a few root certificates. Most installations will need more.
@item
Let @command{gpgsm} ask you whether you want to insert a new root
certificate. To enable this feature you need to set the option
@option{allow-mark-trusted} into @file{gpg-agent.conf}. In general it
is not a good idea to do it this way. Checking whether a root
certificate is really trustworthy requires decisions, which casual
users are not up to. Thus, by default this option is not enabled.
certificate. This feature is enabled by default; you may disable it
using the option @option{no-allow-mark-trusted} into
@file{gpg-agent.conf}.
@item
@item
Manually maintain the list of trusted root certificates. For a multi
user installation this can be done once for all users on a machine.
Specific changes on a per-user base are also possible.
Specific changes on a per-user base are also possible.
@end itemize
XXX decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt.
@c decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt.
** How to get the ssh support running
XXX How to use the ssh support.
@c ** How to get the ssh support running
@c
@c XXX How to use the ssh support.
@section Installation Overview
XXXX
@c @section Installation Overview
@c
@c XXXX