[openssl-commits] [web] master update

Matt Caswell matt at openssl.org
Tue Jun 13 11:46:52 UTC 2017


The branch master has been updated
       via  c70ac3b9e35ab7789c8ed3070fadacdf0ebe2ec1 (commit)
      from  fa107776f99dc0ee563cb9c62373902ba8677806 (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit c70ac3b9e35ab7789c8ed3070fadacdf0ebe2ec1
Author: Pauli <paul.dale at oracle.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 13 14:18:13 2017 +1000

    The question:
        Why does compilation fail due to an undefined symbol NID_uniqueIdentifier?
    is ancient & has been moved to the old faq section.
    
    Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10)

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Summary of changes:
 docs/faq-3-prog.txt | 7 -------
 docs/faq-6-old.txt  | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq-3-prog.txt b/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
index e86727b..6969e75 100644
--- a/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
+++ b/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
@@ -212,13 +212,6 @@ Due to the TLS protocol definition, a client will only send a certificate,
 if explicitly asked by the server. Use the SSL_VERIFY_PEER flag of the
 SSL_CTX_set_verify(3) function to enable the use of client certificates.
 
-* Why does compilation fail due to an undefined symbol NID_uniqueIdentifier?
-
-For OpenSSL 0.9.7 the OID table was extended and corrected. In earlier
-versions, uniqueIdentifier was incorrectly used for X.509 certificates.
-The correct name according to RFC2256 (LDAP) is x500UniqueIdentifier.
-Change your code to use the new name when compiling against OpenSSL 0.9.7.
-
 * I think I've detected a memory leak, is this a bug?
 
 In most cases the cause of an apparent memory leak is an OpenSSL internal table
diff --git a/docs/faq-6-old.txt b/docs/faq-6-old.txt
index b055570..708771a 100644
--- a/docs/faq-6-old.txt
+++ b/docs/faq-6-old.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ Older Versions and Platforms
 
 Any OpenSSL release before 1.0.2, and any platform that is not in wide use,
 and doesn't get full support.  Or something like that.
+
+* Why does compilation fail due to an undefined symbol NID_uniqueIdentifier?
+
+For OpenSSL 0.9.7 the OID table was extended and corrected. In earlier
+versions, uniqueIdentifier was incorrectly used for X.509 certificates.
+The correct name according to RFC2256 (LDAP) is x500UniqueIdentifier.
+Change your code to use the new name when compiling against OpenSSL 0.9.7.
+


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