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L<foo|foo> is sub-optimal If the xref is the same as the title, which is what we do, then you only need L<foo>. This fixes all 1457 occurrences in 349 files. Approximately. (And pod used to need both.) Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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OPENSSL_config, OPENSSL_no_config - simple OpenSSL configuration functions
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/conf.h>
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void OPENSSL_config(const char *config_name);
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void OPENSSL_no_config(void);
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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OPENSSL_config() configures OpenSSL using the standard B<openssl.cnf>
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configuration file name using B<config_name>. If B<config_name> is NULL then
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the file specified in the environment variable B<OPENSSL_CONF> will be used,
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and if that is not set then a system default location is used.
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Errors are silently ignored.
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Multiple calls have no effect.
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OPENSSL_no_config() disables configuration. If called before OPENSSL_config()
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no configuration takes place.
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Applications should free up configuration at application closedown by calling
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CONF_modules_free().
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If the application is built with B<OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF> defined, then a
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call to OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() will implicitly call OPENSSL_config()
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first.
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=head1 NOTES
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The OPENSSL_config() function is designed to be a very simple "call it and
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forget it" function.
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It is however B<much> better than nothing. Applications which need finer
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control over their configuration functionality should use the configuration
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functions such as CONF_modules_load() directly. This function is deprecated
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and its use should be avoided.
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Applications should instead call CONF_modules_load() during
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initialization (that is before starting any threads).
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There are several reasons why calling the OpenSSL configuration routines is
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advisable. For example new ENGINE functionality was added to OpenSSL 0.9.7.
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In OpenSSL 0.9.7 control functions can be supported by ENGINEs, this can be
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used (among other things) to load dynamic ENGINEs from shared libraries (DSOs).
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However very few applications currently support the control interface and so
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very few can load and use dynamic ENGINEs. Equally in future more sophisticated
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ENGINEs will require certain control operations to customize them. If an
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application calls OPENSSL_config() it doesn't need to know or care about
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ENGINE control operations because they can be performed by editing a
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configuration file.
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=head1 RETURN VALUES
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Neither OPENSSL_config() nor OPENSSL_no_config() return a value.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<conf(5)>,
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L<CONF_modules_load_file(3)>,
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L<CONF_modules_free(3)>
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=head1 HISTORY
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OPENSSL_config() and OPENSSL_no_config() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7
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=cut
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