[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update
Rich Salz
rsalz at openssl.org
Thu Oct 22 22:28:19 UTC 2015
The branch master has been updated
via 8cbb048c3ea416f2bd8a3706d027f3aa26ef08d9 (commit)
from 5212d39bd92ede18b22fe8173e724a7eac35cb8a (commit)
- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 8cbb048c3ea416f2bd8a3706d027f3aa26ef08d9
Author: Adam Eijdenberg <eijdenberg at google.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 11:16:25 2015 -0700
Clarify return values for EVP_DigestVerifyFinal.
Previous language was unclear. New language isn't pretty but I believe
it is more accurate.
Signed-off-by: Rich Salz <rsalz at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Ben Laurie <ben at openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte at openssl.org>
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Summary of changes:
doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
index 44d3cdb..338fc74 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ B<sig> of length B<siglen>.
EVP_DigestVerifyInit() and EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate() return 1 for success and 0
for failure.
-Unlike other functions the return value 0 from EVP_DigestVerifyFinal() only
-indicates that the signature did not verify successfully (that is tbs did
-not match the original data or the signature was of invalid form) it is not an
-indication of a more serious error.
+EVP_DigestVerifyFinal() returns 1 for success; any other value indicates
+failure. A return value of zero indicates that the signature did not verify
+successfully (that is, tbs did not match the original data or the signature had
+an invalid form), while other values indicate a more serious error (and
+sometimes also indicate an invalid signature form).
The error codes can be obtained from L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
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