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author | Ineiev <ineiev@gnu.org> | 2018-05-06 07:58:23 +0200 |
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committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2018-05-07 08:07:07 +0200 |
commit | ed12a1dabaf928e8620fc26ca426c935e1a8a880 (patch) | |
tree | 188382fef78b60054515c352c8e9208e246fc089 /doc/trust-values.texi | |
parent | Post release updates (diff) | |
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doc: Update description of displayed trust values.
* doc/trust-values.texi: New file.
* doc/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add trust-values.texi.
* doc/gnupg.texi (Trust Values): New chapter.
* doc/gpg.texi (OpenPGP Key Management): Update the description
of how trust values are displayed, replace table with a reference
to Trust Values.
* doc/gpg.texi (GPG Examples): Add @mansect trust values.
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Signed-off-by: Ineiev <ineiev@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/trust-values.texi b/doc/trust-values.texi new file mode 100644 index 000000000..634a784fc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/trust-values.texi @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +@c Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c This is part of the GnuPG manual. +@c For copying conditions, see the file gnupg.texi. + +Trust values are used to indicate ownertrust and validity of keys and +user IDs. They are displayed with letters or strings: + +@table @asis + + @item - + @itemx unknown + No ownertrust assigned / not yet calculated. + + @item e + @itemx expired + + Trust calculation has failed; probably due to an expired key. + + @item q + @itemx undefined, undef + Not enough information for calculation. + + @item n + @itemx never + Never trust this key. + + @item m + @itemx marginal + Marginally trusted. + + @item f + @itemx full + Fully trusted. + + @item u + @itemx ultimate + Ultimately trusted. + + @item r + @itemx revoked + For validity only: the key or the user ID has been revoked. + + @item ? + @itemx err + The program encountered an unknown trust value. + +@end table |