[openssl-users] Can you suggest any technical name for changing sources from openssl-1.0.2 to openssl-1.1.0?

[Jakob Bohm]

On 28/11/2016 21:50, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
>> On Nov 28, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Salz, Rich <rsalz at akamai.com> wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps I didn't understand the original question.  If all you want to do is compare 1.0.2 and 1.1.0, then look at OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER; if defined at it's 0x10101000L or greater, then you;'re on the 1.1.x branch, otherwise you are not and therefore on 1.0.2 or earlier.
> The OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER macro dates back to some of the earliest
> OpenSSL releases, and is therefore always defined.  Postfix has the
> following comment in src/tls/tls_misc.c which covers the relevant
> history:
>
>      /*
>       * OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER(3):
>       *
>       * OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER is a numeric release version identifier:
>       *
>       * MMNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
>       *
Shouldn't this be
MNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status (only 1 nibble for major)

>       * The status nibble has one of the values 0 for development, 1 to e for
>       * betas 1 to 14, and f for release. Parsed OpenSSL version number. for
>       * example
>       *
>       * 0x000906000 == 0.9.6 dev 0x000906023 == 0.9.6b beta 3 0x00090605f ==
>       * 0.9.6e release
>       *
>       * Versions prior to 0.9.3 have identifiers < 0x0930.  Versions between
>       * 0.9.3 and 0.9.5 had a version identifier with this interpretation:
>       *
>       * MMNNFFRBB major minor fix final beta/patch
>       *
>       * for example
>       *
>       * 0x000904100 == 0.9.4 release 0x000905000 == 0.9.5 dev
>       *
>       * Version 0.9.5a had an interim interpretation that is like the current
>       * one, except the patch level got the highest bit set, to keep continu-
>       * ity.  The number was therefore 0x0090581f.
>       */
>



Enjoy

Jakob
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