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Update the *use_certificate* docs

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Note that calling the *use_certificate* functions will replace any existing
certificate of the same type. The same thing applies for private keys.

Fixes #2147

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6092)
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Matt Caswell 2018-04-26 14:05:40 +01:00
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@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ L<SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(3)>.
of view, it however does not make sense as the data in the certificate
is considered public anyway.)
All of the functions to set a new certificate will replace any existing
certificate of the same type that has already been set. Similarly all of the
functions to set a new private key will replace any private key that has already
been set. Applications should call L<SSL_CTX_check_private_key(3)> or
L<SSL_check_private_key(3)> as appropriate after loading a new certificate and
private key to confirm that the certificate and key match.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
On success, the functions return 1.