[PATCH] Update documentation files

Damien Goutte-Gattat dgouttegattat at incenp.org
Thu Sep 29 11:07:31 CEST 2016


Here is the patch for the updated NEWS file.

I also updated again the documentation to make it clear that
while the minimum required version of GnuPG is 2.0, it
actually needs GnuPG 2.1 for use with TLS 1.2.

Cheers,

Damien

-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation files

* NEWS: Update for upcoming release.
* README: Indicate that GnuPG 2.1 is required for some features.
* doc/manual/scute.texi: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Damien Goutte-Gattat <dgouttegattat at incenp.org>
---
 NEWS                  | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 README                |  2 ++
 doc/manual/scute.texi |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc84747..775d497 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.3.0 (2010-04-21)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.0 (2016-09-29)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Support for TLS 1.2 client authentication and SMIME signing.
+
+ * Support for 4096 bit keys.
+
+ * C_GenerateRandom is implemented.
+
+ * A bug that occured when Scute was used with GnuPG 2.1 has
+   been fixed.
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.0 (2010-04-21)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
  * Update to libassuan 2.0.0 interface.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7064b29..b6c837b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ At runtime:
 * GnuPG 2.0, in particular: gpg-agent, scdaemon
 * Pinentry
 
+Note that client authentication with TLS 1.2 requires GnuPG 2.1.
+
 
 Installation
 ============
diff --git a/doc/manual/scute.texi b/doc/manual/scute.texi
index 7199edf..392cc98 100644
--- a/doc/manual/scute.texi
+++ b/doc/manual/scute.texi
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ configured:
 @table @asis
 @item GnuPG
 Scute uses the GnuPG 2.0 framework to access the OpenPGP card and for
-certificate management.  The minimum version required is 2.0.0.
+certificate management.  The minimum version required is 2.0.0 for
+client authentication with TLS 1.0 and 1.1.  Client authentication
+with TLS 1.2, email and document signing require GnuPG 2.1.0.
 
 @item Pinentry
 Pinentry is a dependency of GnuPG 2.0, so it also needs to be installed
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