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

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Fri Jul 8 16:42:30 EDT 2011


On 09/07/11 05:05, Eric Bélanger wrote:
> 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
>

Yes - good spotting.  Fixed.

Allan


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