01/05: doc: Mention generation of ECDSA/Ed25519 keys when supported.

[Ludovic Courtès]

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commit 867d8473059ffdb0735587617b49547252af0d3d
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Jan 17 14:53:27 2015 +0100

    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.
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 doc/guix.texi |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 7febee4..ab97c78 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}).