diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 28ffff595..55f313d5a 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2003-12-08 David Shaw + + * gpg.sgml: Fix a few missing semicolons in & entities. Noted by + Christian Biere. Some minor grammar fixes. Remove the "host -l + pgp.net | grep wwwkeys" advice since the nameserver no longer all + allow zone transfers. Replace it with a mention of + hkp://subkeys.pgp.net. Note that BZIP2 defaults to compression + level 6. + 2003-10-31 Werner Koch * DETAILS: Add a note about the date format for X.509. diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index 9ce09ec9e..46cba27e0 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -544,28 +544,28 @@ safeguard against accidental deletion of multiple keys. ---delete-secret-key &ParmName; +--delete-secret-key &ParmName; Remove key from the secret and public keyring. In batch mode the key must be specified by fingerprint. ---delete-secret-and-public-key &ParmName; +--delete-secret-and-public-key &ParmName; Same as --delete-key, but if a secret key exists, it will be removed first. In batch mode the key must be specified by fingerprint. ---gen-revoke +--gen-revoke &ParmName; Generate a revocation certificate for the complete key. To revoke a subkey or a signature, use the --edit command. ---desig-revoke +--desig-revoke &ParmName; Generate a designated revocation certificate for a key. This allows a user (with the permission of the keyholder) to revoke someone else's @@ -805,9 +805,9 @@ option is off by default and has no effect on non-Windows platforms. -u, --local-user &ParmName; -Use &ParmName as the user ID to sign. -This option is silently ignored for the list commands, -so that it can be used in an options file. +Use &ParmName; as the user ID to sign with. This option is silently +ignored for the list commands, so that it can be used in an options +file. @@ -914,9 +914,9 @@ Try to be as quiet as possible. Set compression level to &ParmN; for the ZIP and ZLIB compression algorithms. The default is to use the default compression level of zlib (normally 6). --bzip2-compress-level sets the compression level -for the BZIP2 compression algorithm. This is a different option since -BZIP2 uses a significant amount of memory for each additional -compression level. -z sets both. +for the BZIP2 compression algorithm (defaulting to 6 as well). This +is a different option since BZIP2 uses a significant amount of memory +for each additional compression level. -z sets both. @@ -1069,22 +1069,20 @@ Identical to `--trust-model always'. This option is deprecated. --keyserver &ParmName; -Use &ParmName as your keyserver. This is the server that --recv-keys, ---send-keys, and --search-keys will communicate with to receive keys -from, send keys to, and search for keys on. The format of the -&ParmName is a URI: `scheme:[//]keyservername[:port]' The scheme is -the type of keyserver: "hkp" for the HTTP (or compatible) keyservers, -"ldap" for the NAI LDAP keyserver, or "mailto" for the Graff email -keyserver. Note that your particular installation of GnuPG may have -other keyserver types available as well. Keyserver schemes are -case-insensitive. +Use &ParmName; as your keyserver. This is the server that +--recv-keys, --send-keys, and --search-keys will communicate with to +receive keys from, send keys to, and search for keys on. The format +of the &ParmName; is a URI: `scheme:[//]keyservername[:port]' The +scheme is the type of keyserver: "hkp" for the HTTP (or compatible) +keyservers, "ldap" for the NAI LDAP keyserver, or "mailto" for the +Graff email keyserver. Note that your particular installation of +GnuPG may have other keyserver types available as well. Keyserver +schemes are case-insensitive. Most keyservers synchronize with each other, so there is generally no -need to send keys to more than one server. Using the command "host -l -pgp.net | grep wwwkeys" gives you a list of HKP keyservers. When -using one of the wwwkeys servers, due to load balancing using -round-robin DNS you may notice that you get a different key server -each time. +need to send keys to more than one server. The keyserver +"hkp://subkeys.pgp.net" uses round robin DNS to give a different +keyserver each time you use it. @@ -2635,12 +2633,13 @@ a signature was bad, and other error codes for fatal errors. gpg --verify gpg --verify -Verify the signature of the file but do not output the data. The second form -is used for detached signatures, where