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gpg: Allow deletion of subkeys with --delete-[secret-]key.

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* common/userids.c (classify_user_id): Do not set the EXACT flag in
the default case.
* g10/export.c (exact_subkey_match_p): Make static,
* g10/delkey.c (do_delete_key): Implement subkey only deleting.
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GnuPG-bug-id: 4457
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Werner Koch 2019-05-27 10:40:38 +02:00
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@ -404,7 +404,10 @@ functionality is also available as the subcommand "passwd" with the
@opindex delete-keys
Remove key from the public keyring. In batch mode either @option{--yes} is
required or the key must be specified by fingerprint. This is a
safeguard against accidental deletion of multiple keys.
safeguard against accidental deletion of multiple keys. If the
exclamation mark syntax is used with the fingerprint of a subkey only
that subkey is deleted; if the exclamation mark is used with the
fingerprint of the primary key the entire public key is deleted.
@item --delete-secret-keys @var{name}
@opindex delete-secret-keys
@ -413,7 +416,10 @@ specified by fingerprint. The option @option{--yes} can be used to
advice gpg-agent not to request a confirmation. This extra
pre-caution is done because @command{@gpgname} can't be sure that the
secret key (as controlled by gpg-agent) is only used for the given
OpenPGP public key.
OpenPGP public key. If the exclamation mark syntax is used with the
fingerprint of a subkey only the secret part of that subkey is
deleted; if the exclamation mark is used with the fingerprint of the
primary key only the secret part of the primary key is deleted.
@item --delete-secret-and-public-key @var{name}