From f438f53a4e57462216be271c1c965550b6ff9941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 14:26:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] DOCS: add openssl-core_names.h(7) A CAVEATS section is present in this manual. That section name is borrowed from OpenBSD, where mdoc(7) explains it like this: CAVEATS Common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained in this section. Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11963) --- doc/man7/openssl-core_names.h.pod | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/man7/openssl-core_names.h.pod diff --git a/doc/man7/openssl-core_names.h.pod b/doc/man7/openssl-core_names.h.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a11bf3feee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man7/openssl-core_names.h.pod @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +openssl/core_names.h - OpenSSL provider parameter names + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The F<< >> header defines a multitude of macros +for L names, algorithm names and other known names used +with OpenSSL's providers, made available for practical purposes only. + +Existing names are further described in the manuals for OpenSSL's +providers (see L) and the manuals for each algorithm they +provide (listed in those provider manuals). + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L, L, +L + +=head1 HISTORY + +The macros described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0. + +=head1 CAVEATS + +I. +Providers that implement new algorithms are to be responsible for +their own parameter names. + +However, authors of provider that implement their own variants of +algorithms that OpenSSL providers support will want to pay attention +to the names provided in this header to work in a compatible manner. + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at +L. + +=cut -- 2.34.1