Release 1.2

[apt.git] / doc / apt-key.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
index 6a36d08ca661bd0c50623e7469733e8bda8b54da..b5319efa3ab4691ea4d9a744db02e5940fe17325 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
-
-<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
-%aptent;
-
-<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
-%aptverbatiment;
-
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
+<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
@@ -17,7 +13,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
-   <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
+   <date>2015-10-15T00:00:00Z</date>
  </refentryinfo>
 
  <refmeta>
@@ -52,7 +48,11 @@
        &synopsis-param-filename; or if the filename is <literal>-</literal>
        from standard input.
      </para>
-
+     <para>
+     It is critical that keys added manually via <command>apt-key</command> are
+     verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for
+     otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined.
+     </para>
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@
      <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term>
      <listitem>
      <para>
-
-     Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the 
-        public key.  
-
+     Pass advanced options to gpg. With <command>adv --recv-key</command> you
+     can e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of
+     keys. Note that there are <emphasis>no</emphasis> checks performed, so it is
+     easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without
+     care.
      </para>
 
      </listitem>
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@
        Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from
        the local keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid.
        The archive keyring is shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your
-       distribution, e.g. the <literal>debian-archive-keyring</literal> package in Debian.
+       distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;.
 
      </para>
 
@@ -180,12 +181,12 @@
      <listitem><para>Local trust database of archive keys.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Keyring of Debian archive trusted keys.</para></listitem>
+     <varlistentry><term>&keyring-filename;</term>
+     <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
+     <varlistentry><term>&keyring-removed-filename;</term>
+     <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
    </variablelist>