--list-sigs, --check-sigs and --list-keys

[David Shaw]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:56:50PM -0500, Jason Harris wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:40:55AM -0500, David Shaw wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:19:25PM +0100, Sascha Kiefer wrote:
> 
> > > 2. is there a significant performance difference between --check-sigs 
> > > and --list-sigs?
> > 
> > In general --check-sigs is going to be slower as there is more work to
> > do.  Whether it is significant or not depends on a number of factors.
> > In most cases with 1.4.0, it's not even noticable.  In some cases
> > (with Elgamal signatures and older GnuPG), it's 20-30 minutes slower.
> 
> Also, IINM, signature validities are cached in the (writable) keyring(s).

That's why in most cases with 1.4.0 it's not even noticable.  Every
time you check your trustdb, uncached signatures are cached.

David