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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2022-02-22 11:49:04 +0000
committerPauli <pauli@openssl.org>2022-02-24 10:01:59 +1100
commit42659159f4d4a8c16a0e9b089d40a5831b60cbb6 (patch)
tree5c78a8dd9306906096645a1cf9976ebab828c1c9 /doc
parent0bc2fda3d3b76bd07243aef3eb7f824da3820b2d (diff)
Undeprecate OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER and OpenSSL_version_num()
This macro and function were deprecated in the documentation but not in the source. Following an OTC vote the deprecation has been removed from the documentation. See https://github.com/openssl/technical-policies/issues/26 Fixes #17517 Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17750)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/OpenSSL_version.pod52
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/OpenSSL_version.pod b/doc/man3/OpenSSL_version.pod
index 034bd718fe..a0a9021431 100644
--- a/doc/man3/OpenSSL_version.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/OpenSSL_version.pod
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ OpenSSL_version_num, OPENSSL_info
const char *OPENSSL_info(int t);
-Deprecated:
-
/* from openssl/opensslv.h */
#define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0xnnnnnnnnL
@@ -81,6 +79,25 @@ version for the headers in use is at least at the given pre-requisite major
header version number (B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR>.B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR>) is
greater than or equal to B<maj>.B<min>.
+B<OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER> is a combination of the major, minor and
+patch version into a single integer 0xMNN00PP0L, where:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item M
+
+is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR>, in hexadecimal notation
+
+=item NN
+
+is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR>, in hexadecimal notation
+
+=item PP
+
+is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH>, in hexadecimal notation
+
+=back
+
=head2 Functions
OPENSSL_version_major(), OPENSSL_version_minor(), OPENSSL_version_patch(),
@@ -198,35 +215,6 @@ For x86 the string looks like C<OPENSSL_ia32cap=0x123:0x456>.
For an unknown I<t>, NULL is returned.
-=head1 BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
-
-For compatibility, some older macros and functions are retained or
-synthesised.
-They are all considered deprecated.
-
-=head2 Macros
-
-B<OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER> is a combination of the major, minor and
-patch version into a single integer 0xMNN00PP0L, where:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item M
-
-is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR>, in hexadecimal notation
-
-=item NN
-
-is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR>, in hexadecimal notation
-
-=item PP
-
-is the number from B<OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH>, in hexadecimal notation
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Functions
-
OpenSSL_version_num() returns the value of B<OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER>.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
@@ -248,7 +236,7 @@ L<crypto(7)>
=head1 HISTORY
The macros and functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0,
-with the exception of the L</BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY> ones.
+except for OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER and OpenSSL_version_num().
=head1 COPYRIGHT