From 7cb116b74239de970c1be187774a46a4e6d81e41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Wooding Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:09:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] progs/catsign.1: Fix the warning about `verify' output. Obviously copied from `catcrypt decrypt', which does only output verified data because of its chunking; but `catsign' doesn't work like this by default. --- progs/catsign.1 | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/progs/catsign.1 b/progs/catsign.1 index 190c631..5f19a1d 100644 --- a/progs/catsign.1 +++ b/progs/catsign.1 @@ -539,8 +539,16 @@ No output. Watch the exit status. All messages. .PP .B Warning! -All output written has been checked for authenticity. However, output -can fail madway through for many reasons, and the resulting message may +Unless the +.B \-b +option is set (which happens automatically if writing to standard +output), +.BR catsign 's +output is +.I not +checked for authenticity until it has all been written. Even with +.BR \-b , +output can fail midway for many reasons, and the resulting message may therefore be truncated. Don't rely on the output being complete until .B OK is printed or -- 2.11.0