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authorBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2002-01-04 15:17:09 +0000
committerBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2002-01-04 15:17:09 +0000
commitdc4ddcd2bb8c20f711b1aad9a79cbcaf6d53cccd (patch)
tree9d4a25906c915e09ce9ae51f13925593da602d59 /doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
parent5256b021f3f41396763cb4a93653460a396f393e (diff)
add documentation for SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_DIR) and
'openssl version -d' use some descriptions from Lutz' redundant manual page instead of the previous ones
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
index 6ee8ad634f..7a468003e9 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER.pod
@@ -55,22 +55,32 @@ SSLeay_version() returns different strings depending on B<t>:
=over 4
=item SSLEAY_VERSION
+
The text variant of the version number and the release date. For example,
"OpenSSL 0.9.5a 1 Apr 2000".
=item SSLEAY_CFLAGS
-The flags given to the C compiler when compiling OpenSSL are returned in a
-string.
+
+The compiler flags set for the compilation process in the form
+"compiler: ..." if available or "compiler: information not available"
+otherwise.
+
+=item SSLEAY_BUILT_ON
+
+The date of the build process in the form "built on: ..." if available
+or "built on: date not available" otherwise.
=item SSLEAY_PLATFORM
-The platform name used when OpenSSL was configured is returned.
-=back
+The "Configure" target of the library build in the form "platform: ..."
+if available or "platform: information not available" otherwise.
+
+=item SSLEAY_DIR
-If the data request isn't available, a text saying that the information is
-not available is returned.
+The "OPENSSLDIR" setting of the library build in the form "OPENSSLDIR: "...""
+if available or "OPENSSLDIR: N/A" otherwise.
-For an unknown B<t>, the text "not available" is returned.
+=back
=head1 RETURN VALUE
@@ -84,5 +94,6 @@ L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>
SSLeay() and SSLEAY_VERSION_NUMBER are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER is available in all versions of OpenSSL.
+B<SSLEAY_DIR> was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.
=cut