GPGME_ATTR_CAN_SIGN vs. GPGME_ATTR_CAN_CERTIFY

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 07:34:34PM -0400, Gordon Worley wrote:
> I'm not clear on what the real difference here is.  Wouldn't the keys 
> that can sign be the same as the ones that can certify?  In what case 
> would you have a key that could do one but not the other?

I changed the wording in the GPGME manual slightly to be more precise
according to what David said (the change is in CVS).  Please also note that
GPGME_ATTR_* are obsolete, you can use can_sign and can_encrypt of the
key/subkey structure to get this information.

Thanks,
Marcus


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