Allow conversion of existing requests to certificates again.
Fixes the issue #3396
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3437)
break;
case OPT_X509:
x509 = 1;
- newreq = 1;
break;
case OPT_DAYS:
days = atoi(opt_arg());
if (argc != 0)
goto opthelp;
+ if (x509 && infile == NULL)
+ newreq = 1;
+
/* TODO: simplify this as pkey is still always NULL here */
private = newreq && (pkey == NULL) ? 1 : 0;
}
}
- if (newreq) {
+ if (newreq || x509) {
if (pkey == NULL) {
BIO_printf(bio_err, "you need to specify a private key\n");
goto end;
using the B<set_serial> option, a large random number will be used for
the serial number.
+If existing request is specified with the B<-in> option, it is converted
+to the self signed certificate otherwise new request is created.
+
=item B<-days n>
When the B<-x509> option is being used this specifies the number of