fingerprint of key

[Duane Whitty]

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Tested on:
$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.16

$ gpg2 --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

I was recently trying to compare the fingerprint of a key I downloaded
to its online stated value.  I thought I should be able to accomplish
my goal with "gpg --fingerprint public-key-file.asc".  Gpg returned
"gpg: error reading key: No public key"

So I did a search and found --with-fingerprint.  Worked as I hoped it
would.

According to gpg(1) and gpg2(1) - "--with-fingerprint
              Same as the command --fingerprint but changes only the
format of the output and may be used together with another command."

So is this a bug in gpg or a bug in the man page or am I missing
something so trivial and obvious that I will smack myself in the
forehead when someone points it out to me?

I understand dev cycles are being focused primarily(?) on the 2.1
branch but I figured this might be worth mentioning.  I confess, I
haven't checked the archives to see if it already has been.

Best Regards,
Duane

- -- 
Duane Whitty
duane at nofroth.com
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