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Posted to commits@subversion.apache.org by st...@apache.org on 2012/09/18 11:34:18 UTC
svn commit: r1387071 - /subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html
Author: stsp
Date: Tue Sep 18 09:34:17 2012
New Revision: 1387071
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1387071&view=rev
Log:
* publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html: Tidy up gpg-agent release notes section,
and refer readers to the official gpg-agent documentation.
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html?rev=1387071&r1=1387070&r2=1387071&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html Tue Sep 18 09:34:17 2012
@@ -342,16 +342,18 @@ to temporarily store passwords/passphras
credentials.</p>
<p>To take advantage of this, you'll need Subversion binaries built
-with gpg-agent support, the agent itself, and a suitable pinentry
-program. The agent must be running, and the Subversion client will
+with gpg-agent support (which is the default on UNIX-like systems),
+the agent itself, and a suitable pinentry program.
+The agent must be running, and the Subversion client will
need the <tt>GPG_AGENT_INFO</tt> and <tt>GPG_TTY</tt> environment
variables set correctly in order to make use of this storage
-mechanism.</p>
+mechanism. See <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Invoking-GPG_002dAGENT.html">this page</a> for more information about
+running the gpg-agent.</p>
<p>Note that GnuPG Agent does not persist information on disk —
your cached passwords will persist in memory until the agent process
-is terminated or its configure time-to-live threshold is reached.
-Note also the (in)security details of this integration, currently
+is terminated or its configured time-to-live threshold is reached.
+Note also the (in)security details of this password cache, currently
recorded as a code comment <a
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/subversion/libsvn_subr/gpg_agent.c?r1=1151053&r2=1151069"
>here</a>.</p>