[openssl-commits] [web] master update

Matt Caswell matt at openssl.org
Tue Jun 13 11:49:23 UTC 2017


The branch master has been updated
       via  dfe3a3d0e2a989531cc8c83d82967d195b9d62cf (commit)
      from  ce61d943df47682d26c85d02a729c87b947064a9 (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit dfe3a3d0e2a989531cc8c83d82967d195b9d62cf
Author: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 13 11:41:35 2017 +0100

    Remove FAQ about PKCS12 macros
    
    These were largely removed in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and replaced with functions
    and compatibility macros so this FAQ entry is no longer relevant.
    
    Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh at openssl.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14)

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Summary of changes:
 docs/faq-3-prog.txt | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq-3-prog.txt b/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
index 6969e75..5c2324c 100644
--- a/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
+++ b/docs/faq-3-prog.txt
@@ -142,17 +142,6 @@ Rules (DER): these uniquely specify how a given structure is encoded.
 Therefore, because DER is a special case of BER, DER is an acceptable encoding
 for BER.
 
-* I've tried using <M_some_evil_pkcs12_macro> and I get errors why?
-
-This usually happens when you try compiling something using the PKCS12
-macros with a C++ compiler. There is hardly ever any need to use the
-PKCS12 macros in a program, it is much easier to parse and create
-PKCS12 files using the PKCS12_parse(3)
-and PKCS12_create(3) functions
-documented in doc/openssl.txt and with examples in demos/pkcs12. The
-'pkcs12' application has to use the macros because it prints out
-debugging information.
-
 * I've called <some function> and it fails, why?
 
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