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author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2019-05-13 12:38:32 +0200 |
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committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2019-05-13 12:39:17 +0200 |
commit | d07666412d4317460c6f03b3ffd03edf4a715ef7 (patch) | |
tree | 3cb40ac32c45abe181769091b64726a9cb673dae /doc | |
parent | build: Update m4/iconv.m4. (diff) | |
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gpg: Cleanup use of make_keysig_packet.
* g10/sign.c (make_keysig_packet): Remove obsolete arg diegst_algo
which was always passed as 0. Change all callers.
* g10/gpgcompose.c (signature): Warn when trying to set a digest algo.
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Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index d3b7be598..df807fafc 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -3081,10 +3081,14 @@ the same thing. @opindex cert-digest-algo Use @var{name} as the message digest algorithm used when signing a key. Running the program with the command @option{--version} yields a -list of supported algorithms. Be aware that if you choose an algorithm -that GnuPG supports but other OpenPGP implementations do not, then some -users will not be able to use the key signatures you make, or quite -possibly your entire key. +list of supported algorithms. Be aware that if you choose an +algorithm that GnuPG supports but other OpenPGP implementations do +not, then some users will not be able to use the key signatures you +make, or quite possibly your entire key. Note also that a public key +algorithm must be compatible with the specified digest algorithm; thus +selecting an arbitrary digest algorithm may result in error messages +from lower crypto layers or lead to security flaws. + @item --disable-cipher-algo @var{name} @opindex disable-cipher-algo |