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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2021-06-08 12:22:31 +0200
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2021-06-10 08:34:09 +0200
commit5ac6d7d21b4e896fee2eca0488915faaea196448 (patch)
tree11fb9bb7d01eeb555e529a39fa2e30ebc840ff55 /doc/man1/openssl-pkey.pod.in
parentb6298a7f8de45b287bfbad5de282fbceb68abb02 (diff)
APPS: Restore the possibility to combine -pubout with -text
This applies to the 'openssl pkey' command. Fixes #15645 Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15658)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-pkey.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-pkey.pod.in
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+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-pkey.pod.in
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ option is specified then the older "traditional" format is used instead.
=item B<-pubout>
-By default the encoded private and public key is output;
-this option restricts the encoded output to the public components.
+By default the private and public key is output;
+this option restricts the output to the public components.
This option is automatically set if the input is a public key.
+When combined with B<-text>, this is equivalent to B<-text_pub>.
+
=item B<-noout>
Do not output the key in encoded form.