[Pkg-gnupg-commit] [gnupg2] 37/116: doc: Mention gpgv in the description of gpg --verify.

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commit 353f6ff37646ad4c24d309a495e6c6f41e5235e3
Author: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 5 20:25:16 2017 +0100

    doc: Mention gpgv in the description of gpg --verify.
    
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    Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
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 doc/gpg.texi | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 469e548..4ea2cd2 100644
--- 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

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