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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/OPENSSL_config.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/OPENSSL_config.3 index 443b9a0..f34f3e8 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/OPENSSL_config.3 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/OPENSSL_config.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.27 (Pod::Simple 3.28) +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.28 (Pod::Simple 3.30) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "OPENSSL_config 3" -.TH OPENSSL_config 3 "2015-01-15" "1.0.1l" "OpenSSL" +.TH OPENSSL_config 3 "2015-07-09" "1.0.1p" "OpenSSL" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -152,30 +152,23 @@ OPENSSL_config, OPENSSL_no_config \- simple OpenSSL configuration functions .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" \&\fIOPENSSL_config()\fR configures OpenSSL using the standard \fBopenssl.cnf\fR configuration file name using \fBconfig_name\fR. If \fBconfig_name\fR is \s-1NULL\s0 then -the default name \fBopenssl_conf\fR will be used. Any errors are ignored. Further -calls to \fIOPENSSL_config()\fR will have no effect. The configuration file format -is documented in the \fIconf\fR\|(5) manual page. +the file specified in the environment variable \fB\s-1OPENSSL_CONF\s0\fR will be used, +and if that is not set then a system default location is used. +Errors are silently ignored. +Multiple calls have no effect. .PP \&\fIOPENSSL_no_config()\fR disables configuration. If called before \fIOPENSSL_config()\fR no configuration takes place. .SH "NOTES" .IX Header "NOTES" -It is \fBstrongly\fR recommended that \fBall\fR new applications call \fIOPENSSL_config()\fR -or the more sophisticated functions such as \fICONF_modules_load()\fR during -initialization (that is before starting any threads). By doing this -an application does not need to keep track of all configuration options -and some new functionality can be supported automatically. -.PP -It is also possible to automatically call \fIOPENSSL_config()\fR when an application -calls \fIOPENSSL_add_all_algorithms()\fR by compiling an application with the -preprocessor symbol \fB\s-1OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF\s0\fR #define'd. In this way configuration -can be added without source changes. -.PP -The environment variable \fB\s-1OPENSSL_CONF\s0\fR can be set to specify the location -of the configuration file. -.PP -Currently \s-1ASN1\s0 OBJECTs and \s-1ENGINE\s0 configuration can be performed future -versions of OpenSSL will add new configuration options. +The \fIOPENSSL_config()\fR function is designed to be a very simple \*(L"call it and +forget it\*(R" function. +It is however \fBmuch\fR better than nothing. Applications which need finer +control over their configuration functionality should use the configuration +functions such as \fICONF_modules_load()\fR directly. This function is deprecated +and its use should be avoided. +Applications should instead call \fICONF_modules_load()\fR during +initialization (that is before starting any threads). .PP There are several reasons why calling the OpenSSL configuration routines is advisable. For example new \s-1ENGINE\s0 functionality was added to OpenSSL 0.9.7. |
