[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#640140: gnupg: gpg(1) unclear

[Reuben Thomas]

Package: gnupg
Version: 1.4.11-3ubuntu1
Severity: normal

Under the documentation for --default-cert-level, the man page says:

              For example, this could mean that you verified that
              the key fingerprint and checked the user ID on the key against a photo ID.

The first part of this sentence, “For example, this could mean that
you verified that the key fingerprint”, seems to be missing something.
What is it that the user could have verified?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers natty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'natty-updates'), (500, 'natty-security'), (500, 'natty')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii  dpkg             1.16.0~ubuntu7          Debian package management system
ii  gpgv             1.4.11-3ubuntu1         GNU privacy guard - signature veri
ii  install-info     4.13a.dfsg.1-6ubuntu3   Manage installed documentation in
ii  libbz2-1.0       1.0.5-6ubuntu1          high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6            2.13-0ubuntu13          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libreadline6     6.2-0ubuntu1            GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libusb-0.1-4     2:0.1.12-17             userspace USB programming library
ii  zlib1g           1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu3 compression library - runtime

gnupg recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnupg suggests:
ii  eog                   2.32.1-0ubuntu2    Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
pn  gnupg-curl            <none>             (no description available)
ii  gnupg-doc             2003.04.06+dak1-1  GNU Privacy Guard documentation
ii  imagemagick           7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4 image manipulation programs
ii  libpcsclite1          1.7.0-2ubuntu2     Middleware to access a smart card

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