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authorTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2021-04-16 16:22:03 +0200
committerTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2021-04-26 12:05:05 +0200
commit6c9bc258d2e9e7b500236a1c696da1f384f0b907 (patch)
tree28928eb5dc1acc246c1b3309328aea2031056ce3 /doc/man7
parentd21224f1adcd948699e536eaf570f42ef9a051f7 (diff)
Add type_name member to provided methods and use it
Fixes #14701 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14898)
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diff --git a/doc/man7/openssl-core.h.pod b/doc/man7/openssl-core.h.pod
index 8158e3f421..866abd581d 100644
--- a/doc/man7/openssl-core.h.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/openssl-core.h.pod
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ identity zero and function pointer NULL.
The algorithm names and property definitions are defined by the
providers.
+The OpenSSL libraries use the first of the algorithm names as the main
+or canonical name, on a per algorithm implementation basis.
+
=item B<OSSL_PARAM>
This type is a structure that allows passing arbitrary object data