doc: Mention gpgv in the description of gpg --verify.

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Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
(cherry picked from commit 353f6ff37646ad4c24d309a495e6c6f41e5235e3)

Gbp-Pq: Name 0023-doc-Mention-gpgv-in-the-description-of-gpg-verify.patch

diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 469e5484ac5ad8ea8f4274ea8310339641afadd0..4ea2cd21e85902212353e14baecb9fc08a143dcf 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ out the actual signed data, but there are other pitfalls with this
 format as well.  It is suggested to avoid cleartext signatures in
 favor of detached signatures.
 
+Note: Sometimes the use of the @command{gpgv} tool is easier than
+using the full-fledged @command{gpg} with this option.  @command{gpgv}
+is designed to compare signed data against a list of trusted keys and
+returns with success only for a good signature.  It has its own manual
+page.
+
+
 @item --multifile
 @opindex multifile
 This modifies certain other commands to accept multiple files for