[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman-key: update man page

Eric Bélanger snowmaniscool at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 15:05:22 EDT 2011


On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Update man page to reflect current options.  Also add a description
> on how to manually interact with the pacman keyring with gpg.
>
> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
> ---
>  doc/pacman-key.8.txt |   57 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
> index 892f14d..c024923 100644
> --- a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
> +++ b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
> @@ -12,65 +12,62 @@ pacman-key - manage pacman's list of trusted keys
>
>  Synopsis
>  --------
> -'pacman-key' [options] <command> [arguments]
> +'pacman-key' [options]
>
>
>  Description
>  -----------
> -'pacman-key' is a script used to manage pacman's keyring, which is the collection
> -of GnuPG keys used to check signed packages. It provides the ability to import
> -and export keys, fetch keys from keyservers and update the key trust database.
> +'pacman-key' is a wrapper script for GnuPG used to manage pacman's keyring, which
> +is the collection of PGP keys used to check signed packages and databases. It
> +provides the ability to import and export keys, fetch keys from keyservers and
> +update the key trust database.
>
> +More complex keyring management can be achieved using GnuPG directly combined with
> +the `--homedir` option pointing at the pacman keyring (located in
> ++{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg+ by default).
>
> -Options
> --------
> -*\--config* <file>::
> -       Use an alternate config file instead of the +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+
> -       default.
>
> -*\--gpgdir* <dir>::
> -       Set an alternate home directory for GnuPG. If unspecified, the value is
> -       read from +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+.
> -
> -
> -Commands
> +Options
>  -------
> -*-a, \--add* file ...::
> +*-a, \--add* [file(s)]::
>        Add the key(s) contained in the specified file or files to pacman's
>        keyring. If a key already exists, update it.
>
> -*\--adv* param ...::
> -       Use this option to issue particular GnuPG actions to pacman's keyring. This
> -       option should be used with care as it can modify pacman's trust in
> -       packages' signatures.
> +*\--config* <file>::
> +       Use an alternate config file instead of the +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+
> +       default.
>
> -*-d, \--del* keyid ...::
> -       Remove the key(s) identified by the specified keyid or keyids from pacman's
> +*-d, \--del* <keyid(s)>::
> +       Remove the key(s) identified by the specified keyid(s) from pacman's
>        keyring.

Should be --delete instead of --del


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