[openssl-users] OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER representation

[Edward Diener]

On 5/2/2018 8:30 AM, Tomas Mraz wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-05-02 at 08:19 -0400, Edward Diener wrote:
>> The latest documentation for OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER at
>> https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.h
>> tml
>> says that it is 9 hex digits, with the last nibble being a status
>> identifier, while every use I have seen of it in header files treats
>> it
>> as 8 hex digits. Can anybody straighten me out on this ?
>>
>> Also the latest documentation give it as
>>
>> MNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
>>
>> where the examples in that documentation clearly show it as
>>
>> MMNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
>>
>> Can anybody straighten me out on this ?
> 
> That's because 0x1 and 0x01 are the same numbers.
> 
> For example version 1.1.0a: 0x01010001f == 0x1010001f
> 

Thanks ! I guess version 16 of openssl isn't planned for anytime soon <g>.