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

[Dmitry Belyavsky]

Hello all,

Some engines configure themselves using config, so absence of config can
mean non-functional engine.

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Short, Todd via RT <rt at openssl.org> wrote:

>
> 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 config file 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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SY, Dmitry Belyavsky
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