1 From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
2 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:25:16 +0100
3 Subject: doc: Mention gpgv in the description of gpg --verify.
7 Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
8 (cherry picked from commit 353f6ff37646ad4c24d309a495e6c6f41e5235e3)
10 doc/gpg.texi | 7 +++++++
11 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
13 diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
14 index 469e5484a..4ea2cd21e 100644
17 @@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ out the actual signed data, but there are other pitfalls with this
18 format as well. It is suggested to avoid cleartext signatures in
19 favor of detached signatures.
21 +Note: Sometimes the use of the @command{gpgv} tool is easier than
22 +using the full-fledged @command{gpg} with this option. @command{gpgv}
23 +is designed to compare signed data against a list of trusted keys and
24 +returns with success only for a good signature. It has its own manual
30 This modifies certain other commands to accept multiple files for