Params: add OSSL_PARAM_construct_end()

[openssl.git] / doc / man3 / CONF_modules_load_file.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/CONF_modules_load_file.pod b/doc/man3/CONF_modules_load_file.pod
index 192a64995c92a30283699aa4dc00ef1d49e18d34..c0623eb7215fb4e3e17f7205d44306c711bac852 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/CONF_modules_load_file.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/CONF_modules_load_file.pod
@@ -28,13 +28,21 @@ reads configuration information from B<cnf>.
 
 The following B<flags> are currently recognized:
 
-B<CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_ERRORS> if set errors returned by individual
+If B<CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_ERRORS> is set errors returned by individual
 configuration modules are ignored. If not set the first module error is
 considered fatal and no further modules are loaded.
 
 Normally any modules errors will add error information to the error queue. If
 B<CONF_MFLAGS_SILENT> is set no error information is added.
 
+If B<CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_RETURN_CODES> is set the function unconditionally
+returns success.
+This is used by default in L<OPENSSL_init_crypto(3)> to ignore any errors in
+the default system-wide configuration file, as having all OpenSSL applications
+fail to start when there are potentially minor issues in the file is too risky.
+Applications calling B<CONF_modules_load_file> explicitly should not generally
+set this flag.
+
 If B<CONF_MFLAGS_NO_DSO> is set configuration module loading from DSOs is
 disabled.
 
@@ -59,6 +67,12 @@ Applications can use the CONF_modules_load() function if they wish to load a
 configuration file themselves and have finer control over how errors are
 treated.
 
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+These functions return 1 for success and a zero or negative value for
+failure. If module errors are not ignored the return code will reflect the
+return value of the failing module (this will always be zero or negative).
+
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 Load a configuration file and print out any errors and exit (missing file
@@ -114,12 +128,6 @@ Load and parse configuration file manually, custom error handling:
      NCONF_free(cnf);
  }
 
-=head1 RETURN VALUES
-
-These functions return 1 for success and a zero or negative value for
-failure. If module errors are not ignored the return code will reflect the
-return value of the failing module (this will always be zero or negative).
-
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<config(5)>, L<OPENSSL_config(3)>