.rnd issues

[openssl.git] / CHANGES

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          *) applies to 0.9.6a (/0.9.6b) and 0.9.7
          +) applies to 0.9.7 only
 
+  *) In versions up to 0.9.6, RAND_file_name() resorted to file ".rnd"
+     in the current directory if neither $RANDFILE nor $HOME was set.
+     RAND_file_name() in 0.9.6a returned NULL in this case.  This has
+     caused some confusion to Windows users who haven't defined $HOME.
+     Thus RAND_file_name() is changed again: e_os.h can define a
+     DEFAULT_HOME, which will be used if $HOME is not set.
+     For Windows, we use "C:"; on other platforms, we still require
+     environment variables.
+
   +) Add "ex_data" support to ENGINE so implementations can add state at a
      per-structure level rather than having to store it globally.
      [Geoff]