From 867d8473059ffdb0735587617b49547252af0d3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:53:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention generation of ECDSA/Ed25519 keys when supported.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Mention ECDSA/Ed25519 as the
default type of keys for libgcrypt >= 1.6.0.
---
doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7febee48ac7..ab97c781efc 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1438,8 +1438,10 @@ generate the key pair.
The generated key pair is typically stored under @file{/etc/guix}, in
@file{signing-key.pub} (public key) and @file{signing-key.sec} (private
-key, which must be kept secret.) When @var{parameters} is omitted, it
-is a 4096-bit RSA key. Alternately, @var{parameters} can specify
+key, which must be kept secret.) When @var{parameters} is omitted,
+an ECDSA key using the Ed25519 curve is generated, or, for Libgcrypt
+versions before 1.6.0, it is a 4096-bit RSA key.
+Alternately, @var{parameters} can specify
@code{genkey} parameters suitable for Libgcrypt (@pxref{General
public-key related Functions, @code{gcry_pk_genkey},, gcrypt, The
Libgcrypt Reference Manual}).
--
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