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author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2014-10-03 13:02:06 +0200 |
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committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2014-10-03 13:02:23 +0200 |
commit | ade531acac5041b8346581fe323f36b9dcfee502 (patch) | |
tree | 021ab34fdd97e1453d54884dfe7c2fd72bee4db9 | |
parent | build: Add configure options --disable-{ntb,gnu}tls. (diff) | |
download | gnupg2-ade531acac5041b8346581fe323f36b9dcfee502.tar.xz gnupg2-ade531acac5041b8346581fe323f36b9dcfee502.zip |
Some doc fixes and a fix for "make distcheck".
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-rw-r--r-- | README | 68 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | po/de.po | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tests/openpgp/Makefile.am | 5 |
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 34 deletions
@@ -2,28 +2,39 @@ ========================= Version 2.1 - THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION AND NOT INTENDED FOR REGULAR USE. - Copyright 1997-1998, 2013-2014 Werner Koch Copyright 1998-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * INTRODUCTION - GnuPG is a tool for secure communication and data storage. It can - be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It - includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with - the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC4880 and - the S/MIME standard as described by several RFCs. + GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard + as defined by RFC4880 (also known as PGP). GnuPG allows to encrypt + and sign data and communication, features a versatile key management + system as well as access modules for public key directories. + + GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for + easy integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend + applications and libraries making use of GnuPG are available. Since + version 2 GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure Shell in + addition to OpenPGP. + + GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It + can be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the + GNU General Public License. + + We are currently maintaining three branches of GnuPG: + + - 2.1 (i.e. this release) is the latest development with a lot of + new features. - GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public - License. See the file COPYING for details. GnuPG works best on - GNU/Linux or *BSD systems. Most other Unices are also supported but - are not as well tested as the Free Unices. + - 2.0 is the current stable version for general use. - GnuPG-2 is the stable version of GnuPG integrating support for - OpenPGP and S/MIME. It does not conflict with an installed 1.4 - OpenPGP-only version. + - 1.4 is the old standalone version which is most suitable for older + or embedded platforms. + + You may not install 2.1 and 2.0 at the same time. However, it is + possible to install 1.4 along with any of the 2.x versions. * BUILD INSTRUCTIONS @@ -115,22 +126,15 @@ exists and copies them to the new store. The old secring.gpg is kept for use by older versions of gpg. - GPG's smartcard commands --card-edit and --card-status as well as some - of the card related sub-commands of --edit-key are not yet fully - supported. However, signing and decryption with a smartcard does - work. - - Note that gpg-agent now uses a fixed socket by default. All tools - will start the gpg-agent as needed. In general there is no more - need to set the GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variable. The - SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable should be set to a fixed value. + Note that gpg-agent now uses a fixed socket. All tools will start + the gpg-agent as needed. The formerly used environment variable + GPG_AGENT_INFO is ignored by 2.1. The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment + variable should be set to a fixed value. The Dirmngr is now part of GnuPG proper and also used to access - OpenPGP keyservers. The directroy layout of Dirmngr changed to make + OpenPGP keyservers. The directory layout of Dirmngr changed to make use of the GnuPG directories. Dirmngr is started by gpg or gpgsm as - needed needed. There is no more need to install a separate dirmngr - package. - + needed. There is no more need to install a separate Dirmngr package. * DOCUMENTATION @@ -203,10 +207,12 @@ Commercial grade support for GnuPG is available; for a listing of offers see https://www.gnupg.org/service.html . Maintaining and - improving GnuPG is costly. Since 2001, g10 Code GmbH, a German - company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author Werner Koch, is - bearing the majority of these costs. To help them carry on this - work, they need your support. See https://gnupg.org/donate/ . + improving GnuPG requires a lot of time. Since 2001, g10 Code GmbH, + a German company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author Werner + Koch, is bearing the majority of these costs. To keep GnuPG in a + healthy state, they need your support. + + Please consider to donate at https://gnupg.org/donate/ . # This file is Free Software; as a special exception the authors gives @@ -4342,7 +4342,8 @@ msgstr "WARNUNG: \"%s%s\" ist eine veraltete Option - sie hat keine Wirkung.\n" #, c-format msgid "%s:%u: \"%s\" is obsolete in this file - it only has effect in %s\n" -msgstr "%s:%u: Die Option \"%s\" is veraltet - sie hat eine Wirkung nur in %s.\n" +msgstr "" +"%s:%u: Die Option \"%s\" is veraltet - sie hat eine Wirkung nur in %s.\n" #, c-format msgid "" diff --git a/tests/openpgp/Makefile.am b/tests/openpgp/Makefile.am index 17d19117b..cc28027e6 100644 --- a/tests/openpgp/Makefile.am +++ b/tests/openpgp/Makefile.am @@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = defs.inc pinentry.sh $(TESTS) $(TEST_FILES) ChangeLog-2011 \ CLEANFILES = prepared.stamp x y yy z out err $(data_files) \ plain-1 plain-2 plain-3 trustdb.gpg *.lock .\#lk* \ *.test.log gpg_dearmor gpg.conf gpg-agent.conf S.gpg-agent \ - pubring.gpg secring.gpg pubring.pkr secring.skr \ - gnupg-test.stop pubring.gpg~ random_seed gpg-agent.log + pubring.gpg pubring.gpg~ pubring.kbx pubring.kbx~ \ + secring.gpg pubring.pkr secring.skr \ + gnupg-test.stop random_seed gpg-agent.log clean-local: -rm -rf private-keys-v1.d openpgp-revocs.d |