On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:36, w...@gnupg.org said: >> (1) The documentation for --default-key says: >> >> Use name as the default key to sign with. >> >> But the documentation for --default-recipient-self >> implies that it is also for encryption, not just signing. > > Both commands are basically the same; they just differ in how the > default key is determined. So, right the man page is wrong.
I need to correct myself: I did not notice that you wrote --default-key; I read --default-recipient. --default-recipient and --default-recipient-self are used to sepciy an default encryption key - they don't affect signing. --default-key KEY is used for signing. The fact that --default-recipient-self uses that KEY also as default encryption key is the actual purpose of that very option --default-recipient-self. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.
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