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Diffstat (limited to 'secure/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_verify_cert.3')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_verify_cert.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_verify_cert.3 index a0205fa..864e1ab 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_verify_cert.3 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/X509_verify_cert.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.28 (Pod::Simple 3.30) +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.28 (Pod::Simple 3.28) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "X509_verify_cert 3" -.TH X509_verify_cert 3 "2016-05-03" "1.0.2h" "OpenSSL" +.TH X509_verify_cert 3 "2016-09-22" "1.0.2i" "OpenSSL" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -166,12 +166,13 @@ Applications rarely call this function directly but it is used by OpenSSL internally for certificate validation, in both the S/MIME and \&\s-1SSL/TLS\s0 code. .PP -The negative return value from \fIX509_verify_cert()\fR can only occur if no -certificate is set in \fBctx\fR (due to a programming error); if \fIX509_verify_cert()\fR -twice without reinitialising \fBctx\fR in between; or if a retry -operation is requested during internal lookups (which never happens with -standard lookup methods). It is however recommended that application check -for <= 0 return value on error. +A negative return value from \fIX509_verify_cert()\fR can occur if it is invoked +incorrectly, such as with no certificate set in \fBctx\fR, or when it is called +twice in succession without reinitialising \fBctx\fR for the second call. +A negative return value can also happen due to internal resource problems or if +a retry operation is requested during internal lookups (which never happens +with standard lookup methods). +Applications must check for <= 0 return value on error. .SH "BUGS" .IX Header "BUGS" This function uses the header \fBx509.h\fR as opposed to most chain verification |
