#559104 info gpg-agent points at info gnupg "for full documentation", which is very terse

Package:
gnupg-agent
Source:
gnupg2
Submitter:
Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
Date:
2010-02-11 23:54:11 UTC
Severity:
minor
#559104#5
Date:
2009-12-01 22:20:08 UTC
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The last paragraph of man gpg-agent reads thus:

,----[ gpg-agent(1) ]
         The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
         If GnuPG and the info program are properly installed at your site,  the
         command

           info gnupg

         should  give  you access to the complete manual including a menu struc‐
         ture and an index.
`----

However calling "info gnupg" in a shell gives me the gnupg manpage
which is one paragraph of text.

Apparently I can get the full manual with "info gnupg1", however that
contains no detailed information about gpg-agent, other than the
command line switches of gpg and some environment variables.
#559104#12
Date:
2009-12-01 23:16:33 UTC
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Am Dienstag, den 01.12.2009, 23:20 +0100 schrieb Friedrich Delgado
Friedrichs:

You very probably want `info gnupg2' and not `info gnupg1'. The agent
doesn't play an important role for gnupg 1.4. But it does for gnupg 2,
which requires the agent.

Regards, Daniel
#559104#15
Date:
2009-12-01 23:16:33 UTC
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Am Dienstag, den 01.12.2009, 23:20 +0100 schrieb Friedrich Delgado
Friedrichs:

You very probably want `info gnupg2' and not `info gnupg1'. The agent
doesn't play an important role for gnupg 1.4. But it does for gnupg 2,
which requires the agent.

Regards, Daniel
#559104#20
Date:
2009-12-02 07:25:57 UTC
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Hi!

Daniel Leidert schrieb:
---Zitatende---

1) This doesn't change the fact that the gpg-agent manpage points at
info gnupg

2) info gnupg2 is not installed. Am I missing a package here? I've
installed gnupg-doc, but I haven't got a package with "gnupg2" in the
name installed. Were the packages renamed at some point?
#559104#25
Date:
2009-12-02 07:25:57 UTC
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Hi!

Daniel Leidert schrieb:
---Zitatende---

1) This doesn't change the fact that the gpg-agent manpage points at
info gnupg

2) info gnupg2 is not installed. Am I missing a package here? I've
installed gnupg-doc, but I haven't got a package with "gnupg2" in the
name installed. Were the packages renamed at some point?
#559104#28
Date:
2009-12-02 07:25:57 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

Daniel Leidert schrieb:
---Zitatende---

1) This doesn't change the fact that the gpg-agent manpage points at
info gnupg

2) info gnupg2 is not installed. Am I missing a package here? I've
installed gnupg-doc, but I haven't got a package with "gnupg2" in the
name installed. Were the packages renamed at some point?
#559104#33
Date:
2009-12-02 07:50:11 UTC
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Am Mittwoch, den 02.12.2009, schrieb Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs:

The info documentation for both 1.4 and 2.0 is generated from the same
source. I will discuss this to upstream. But please note, that I
consider this a minor issue.

gnupg2

Regards, Daniel
#559104#36
Date:
2009-12-02 07:50:11 UTC
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To:
Am Mittwoch, den 02.12.2009, schrieb Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs:

The info documentation for both 1.4 and 2.0 is generated from the same
source. I will discuss this to upstream. But please note, that I
consider this a minor issue.

gnupg2

Regards, Daniel
#559104#41
Date:
2009-12-02 08:51:33 UTC
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To:
Daniel Leidert schrieb:
---Zitatende---

So the documentation for gnupg 1.4.x is in package gnupg2?

And how should I figure that out if I'm looking for documentation
about gnupg 1.4.x?

Also if I don't need any feature gnupg2 provides, why should I install
it?
#559104#46
Date:
2009-12-02 08:51:33 UTC
From:
To:
Daniel Leidert schrieb:
---Zitatende---

So the documentation for gnupg 1.4.x is in package gnupg2?

And how should I figure that out if I'm looking for documentation
about gnupg 1.4.x?

Also if I don't need any feature gnupg2 provides, why should I install
it?