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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-11-07 07:04:21 -0500
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-11-07 07:30:31 -0500
commit89a99cd589d69d3861afa8865986e2d98afb979a (patch)
tree11935a91bc0c7e2e80666c3ddbef97a7841202e0 /doc/man1
parent1c47d35a0380783b62004a7cb8058d34e082f8d5 (diff)
Warn if -days without -x509
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4692)
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@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ to the self signed certificate otherwise new request is created.
=item B<-days n>
When the B<-x509> option is being used this specifies the number of
-days to certify the certificate for. The default is 30 days.
+days to certify the certificate for, otherwise it is ignored.
+The default is 30 days.
=item B<-set_serial n>