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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-09-26 13:18:19 -0500
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-10-05 22:00:52 -0500
commit484d5ec624f12220df809b63bba719105eafdb8f (patch)
treeda6373543e0fef7cb2b23bdbeaf65fd612f388bd /doc
parentab7d2890a47f051a892b05b4d551de0e5c5c8282 (diff)
downloadpacman-484d5ec624f12220df809b63bba719105eafdb8f.tar.xz
pacman-key: treat foo-trusted as an ownertrust export file
This allows it to serve double-duty. In order to allow users to base verification decisions off of both a valid signature and a trusted signature, we need to assign some level of owner trust to the keys we designate as trusted on import. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
index d2da480f..1582a3ca 100644
--- a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ PGP keyring file `foo.gpg` that contains the keys for the foo keyring in the
directory +{pkgdatadir}/keyrings+.
Optionally, the file `foo-trusted` can be provided containing a list of trusted
-key IDs for that keyring. This file will inform the user which keys a user
-needs to verify and sign to build a local web of trust.
+key IDs for that keyring. This is a file in a format compatible with 'gpg
+\--export-ownertrust' output. This file will inform the user which keys a user
+needs to verify and sign to build a local web of trust, in addition to
+assigning provided owner trust values.
Also optionally, the file `foo-revoked` can be provided containing a list of
revoked key IDs for that keyring. Revoked is defined as "no longer valid for