[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3641] [PATCH] EC_KEY_generate always overwrites private key All OS 1.0.1j

[Stephen Henson via RT]

The existing functionality reuses an EC_KEY structure and generates a new key.
We can't really change this because any application relying on that would end
up getting the same key back instead of a new one.

However I think a separate function which calculates the public key based on
the set private key is a good idea. This may well make it into 1.1.0.

Steve.
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