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diff --git a/doc/gpgsm.texi b/doc/gpgsm.texi index e5ae1688c..12f882e09 100644 --- a/doc/gpgsm.texi +++ b/doc/gpgsm.texi @@ -569,6 +569,19 @@ encryption. For convenience the strings @code{3DES}, @code{AES} and @table @gnupgtabopt +@item --extra-digest-algo @var{name} +@opindex extra-digest-algo +Sometimes signatures are broken in that they announce a different digest +algorithm than actually used. @command{gpgsm} uses a one-pass data +processing model and thus needs to rely on the announcde digest +algorithms to properly hash the data. As a workaround this option may +be used to tell gpg to also hash the data using the algorithm +@var{name}; this slows processing down a little bit but allows to verify +such broken signatures. If @command{gpgsm} prints an error like +``digest algo 8 has not been enabled'' you may want to try this option, +with @samp{SHA256} for @var{name}. + + @item --faked-system-time @var{epoch} @opindex faked-system-time This option is only useful for testing; it sets the system time back or |