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authorTomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>2017-05-11 14:25:17 +0200
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2017-05-11 17:18:16 +0200
commit888adbe064556ff5ab2f1d16a223b0548696614c (patch)
tree7357e524ac53eb540e6d3de84a8392996570c9df /doc/man1
parent3f97052392cb10fca5309212bf720685262ad4a6 (diff)
Fix regression in openssl req -x509 behaviour.
Allow conversion of existing requests to certificates again. Fixes the issue #3396 Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3437)
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@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ a self signed root CA. The extensions added to the certificate
using the B<set_serial> option, a large random number will be used for
the serial number.
+If existing request is specified with the B<-in> option, it is converted
+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