[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3876] [PATCH] Do not complain if config file not found

[Ann]

If the environment variable OPENSSL_CNF points to non-existing file a 
warning seems also being informative.
/Ann.

Am 28.05.2015 um 14:25 schrieb Short, Todd:
>
> The parameters in the configuration file, in general, apply only to 
> certificate operations. The openssl application does way more than 
> certificate operations, and seeing a warning for a configuration file 
> that has no impact on the operation being performed is annoying. 
> Rather than completely remove the warning, I would instead suggest 
> that the warning only be issued for certain commands that may use 
> parameters from the configuration file.
>
> --
> -Todd Short
> // tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>
> // “One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
>
>> On May 28, 2015, at 8:19 AM, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL 
>> <uri at ll.mit.edu <mailto:uri at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> If I want and expect openssl to use a config file, and it did not 
>> find it - it's darn useful for me to be informed of that fact by 
>> openssl.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Rich Salz via RT [mailto:rt at openssl.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 08:44 PM
>> To: tshort at akamai.com <mailto:tshort at akamai.com> <tshort at akamai.com 
>> <mailto:tshort at akamai.com>>
>> Cc: openssl-dev at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev at openssl.org> 
>> <openssl-dev at openssl.org <mailto:openssl-dev at openssl.org>>
>> Subject: [openssl-dev] [openssl.org <http://openssl.org> #3876] 
>> [PATCH] Do not complain if configfile not found
>>
>> Because it goes ahead and proceeds. Not it is explicit testing ENOTFOUND.
>> It should either error+exit or not complain.
>>
>> I can be convinced the current behavior is useful.
>> --
>> Rich Salz, OpenSSL dev team; rsalz at openssl.org <mailto:rsalz at openssl.org>
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