X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman5%2Fconfig.pod;h=3d0842c4e2d88d48f0d8737c297c464f81a25560;hp=275d96c29db7f0a69fa3d6375b4f115d4a65ded3;hb=9d5560331d86c6463e965321f774e4eed582ce0b;hpb=b1e979aeec8238ceddc20fc3f7487649fef4ca07 diff --git a/doc/man5/config.pod b/doc/man5/config.pod index 275d96c29d..3d0842c4e2 100644 --- a/doc/man5/config.pod +++ b/doc/man5/config.pod @@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ working directory so unless the configuration file containing the B<.include> directive is application specific the inclusion will not work as expected. +There can be optional B<=> character and whitespace characters between +B<.include> directive and the path which can be useful in cases the +configuration file needs to be loaded by old OpenSSL versions which do +not support the B<.include> syntax. They would bail out with error +if the B<=> character is not present but with it they just ignore +the include. + Each section in a configuration file consists of a number of name and value pairs of the form B