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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2011-09-01 15:04:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2011-09-02 21:41:40 -0500 |
| commit | 5a9b07b0e7fc73dc85f07bbab5cba007efe8d8aa (patch) | |
| tree | ec7ca9c6b4427b10d0812cf4ea9cc635db70c88e /doc | |
| parent | 24f4f9822fe8c6758e72577173495705cfcc6713 (diff) | |
| download | pacman-5a9b07b0e7fc73dc85f07bbab5cba007efe8d8aa.tar.xz | |
pacman-key help and documentation cleanup
We were using the mystical [<foobar>] options which is some sort of
cross between a <required> argument and an [optional] one. Remove this
madness and do some other general cleanup/consistency work in the
manpage.
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman-key.8.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt index 4201107f..7481ce5b 100644 --- a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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 +the '\--homedir' option pointing at the pacman keyring (located in +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg+ by default). @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Options is specified, all keys will be exported. *\--edit-key* <keyid(s)>:: - Present a menu for key management task on the specified keyids. Useful for - adjusting a keys trust level. + Present a menu for key management task on the specified keyid(s). Useful + for adjusting a keys trust level. *-f, \--finger* [keyid(s)]:: List a fingerprint for each specified keyid, or for all known keys if no @@ -60,37 +60,37 @@ Options *-h, \--help*:: Output syntax and command line options. -*--import* <dir(s)>:: +*\--import* <dir(s)>:: Adds keys from pubring.gpg into pacman's keyring and imports ownertrust values from trustdb.gpg in the specified directories. -*--import-dirs* <dir(s)> :: +*\--import-dirs* <dir(s)> :: Imports ownertrust values from trustdb.gpg in the specified directories. -*--init*:: +*\--init*:: Ensure the keyring is properly initialized and has the required access permissions. *-l, \--list-keys* [keyid(s)]:: Lists all or specified keys from the public keyring. -*--list-sigs* [keyid(s)]:: - Same as --list-keys, but the signatures are listed too. +*\--list-sigs* [keyid(s)]:: + Same as '\--list-keys', but the signatures are listed too. *\--lsign-key* <keyid>:: Locally sign the given key. This is primarily used to root the web of trust - in the local private key generated by \--init. + in the local private key generated by '\--init'. *-r, \--receive* <keyserver> <keyid(s)>:: - Fetch the specified keyids from the specified key server URL. + Fetch the specified keyid(s) from the specified key server URL. -*\--populate* [<keyring(s)>]:: +*\--populate* [keyring(s)]:: Reload the default keys from the (optionally provided) keyrings in +{pkgdatadir}/keyrings+. For more information, see <<SC,Providing a Keyring for Import>> below. *-u, \--updatedb*:: - Equivalent to \--check-trustdb in GnuPG. + Equivalent to '\--check-trustdb' in GnuPG. *-v, \--verify* <signature>:: Verify the given signature file. @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ repository adding keys to the pacman keyring without the users knowledge. A key being marked as revoked always takes priority over the key being added to the pacman keyring, regardless of the keyring it is provided in. To prevent a -key from being revoked when using --populate, its ID can be listed in +key from being revoked when using '\--populate', its ID can be listed in +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg/holdkeys+. See Also |