X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/0c1a7101fda38ad9e43ef4c6757bfc9c0191a30c..1b0dc76ce730757bf40b5917a8cb83dc794c6c27:/doc/apt-key.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml index f1cc3ac02..cdb307b64 100644 --- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml @@ -11,8 +11,15 @@ ]> <refentry> - &apt-docinfo; - + <refentryinfo> + &apt-author.jgunthorpe; + &apt-author.team; + &apt-email; + &apt-product; + <!-- The last update date --> + <date>2012-05-21T00:00:00Z</date> + </refentryinfo> + <refmeta> <refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> @@ -25,15 +32,7 @@ <refpurpose>APT key management utility</refpurpose> </refnamediv> - <!-- Arguments --> - <refsynopsisdiv> - <cmdsynopsis> - <command>apt-key</command> - <arg><option>--keyring <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></arg> - <arg><replaceable>command</replaceable></arg> - <arg rep="repeat"><option><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></option></arg> - </cmdsynopsis> - </refsynopsisdiv> + &synopsis-command-apt-key; <refsect1><title>Description</title> <para> @@ -45,19 +44,19 @@ <refsect1><title>Commands</title> <variablelist> - <varlistentry><term>add <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>add</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term> <listitem> <para> - - Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read - from <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, or standard input if - <replaceable>filename</replaceable> is <literal>-</literal>. + Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. + The key is read from the filename given with the parameter + &synopsis-param-filename; or if the filename is <literal>-</literal> + from standard input. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>del <replaceable>keyid</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>del</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -68,18 +67,18 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>export <replaceable>keyid</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term><option>export</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Output the key <replaceable>keyid</replaceable> to standard output. + Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>exportall</term> + <varlistentry><term><option>exportall</option></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>list</term> + <varlistentry><term><option>list</option></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>finger</term> + <varlistentry><term><option>finger</option></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>adv</term> + <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -124,13 +123,32 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>update</term> + <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + + 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><option>net-update</option></term> <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. + 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> @@ -142,11 +160,11 @@ <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> + <varlistentry><term><option>--keyring</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></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> + <filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that e.g. new keys are added to this one. </para></listitem> </varlistentry>