* apt-pkg/contrib/cdromutl.cc:

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

diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
index 4b3e7c220d8209ba0f812293daac556c170258d8..f17f0c45e730e07b52ed8f6b4029483eb33781b6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;
 
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
+%aptverbatiment;
+
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+   <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
  
  <!-- Man page title -->
@@ -25,7 +29,8 @@
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
       <command>apt-key</command>
-      <arg><replaceable>command</replaceable>/</arg>
+      <arg><option>--keyring <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></arg>
+      <arg><replaceable>command</replaceable></arg>
       <arg rep="repeat"><option><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -123,9 +128,28 @@
      <listitem>
      <para>
 
-       Update the local keyring with the keyring of Debian archive
-       keys and removes from the keyring the archive keys which are no
-       longer valid.
+       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+       the local keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid.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.
+
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     
+     <varlistentry><term>net-update</term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+       Work similar to the <command>update</command> command above, but get the
+       archive keyring from an URI instead and validate it against a master key.
+
+       This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build configured to have
+       a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate.
+
+       APT in Debian does not support this command and relies on
+       <command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does.
 
      </para>
 
@@ -134,11 +158,24 @@
    </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1><title>Options</title>
+<para>Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the previous section.</para>
+   <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry><term>--keyring <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+      <listitem><para>With this option it is possible to specify a specific keyring
+      file the command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed
+      on the <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the
+      <filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, through <filename>trusted.gpg</filename>
+      is the primary keyring which means that e.g. new keys are added to this one.
+      </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.</para></listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
+
+     &file-trustedgpg;
 
      <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename></term>
      <listitem><para>Local trust database of archive keys.</para></listitem>
@@ -152,8 +189,6 @@
      <listitem><para>Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-
-
    </variablelist>
 
 </refsect1>