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| author | Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> | 2021-05-03 14:15:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2021-05-06 11:43:32 +0100 |
| commit | bee3f3890547cc7f349b69ef63665ebcc80d48ed (patch) | |
| tree | a47cd3d1c06704da05358c92ba5cc1171a47a7c4 /doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in | |
| parent | 3d1becd42aecbd00c2514bac7b5e8e33f097fdc2 (diff) | |
Document the behavior of the -inform and related options
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15100)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in | 17 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in index 7f42d45cf7..0dcad3fd9b 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-x509.pod.in @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The B<-ext> option can be used to further restrict which extensions to copy. =item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM> -The CSR input file format; the default is B<PEM>. +The input file format; unspecified by default. See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details. =item B<-vfyopt> I<nm>:I<v> @@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ This option is an alias of B<-key>. =item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE> -The key input format; the default is B<PEM>. -The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete. +The key input format; unspecified by default. See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details. =item B<-out> I<filename> @@ -468,8 +467,8 @@ unless the B<-new> option is given, which generates a certificate from scratch. =item B<-CAform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>, -The format for the CA certificate. -This option has no effect and is retained for backward compatibility. +The format for the CA certificate; unspecifed by default. +See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details. =item B<-CAkey> I<filename>|I<uri> @@ -479,8 +478,7 @@ If this option is not provided then the key must be present in the B<-CA> input. =item B<-CAkeyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE> -The format for the CA key; the default is B<PEM>. -The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete. +The format for the CA key; unspecified by default. See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details. =item B<-CAserial> I<filename> @@ -879,11 +877,6 @@ form must have their links rebuilt using L<openssl-rehash(1)> or similar. The B<-signkey> option has been renamed to B<-key> in OpenSSL 3.0, keeping the old name as an alias. -All B<-keyform> and B<-CAkeyform> values except B<ENGINE> -have become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0 and have no effect. - -The B<-CAform> option has become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0 and has no effect. - The B<-engine> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. The B<-C> option was removed in OpenSSL 3.0. |