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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2019-08-12 15:01:00 +0200
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2019-08-15 10:51:08 +0200
commitad623ec0cb2b2578a369431a8c3675b8bb2cc3b5 (patch)
tree4d79fa187b449af09f70da814bbffb02bd334156 /doc
parentae3ff60e7bea6fb7510b5c0c2b9599d8430cf001 (diff)
Modify 'openssl list' to give more verbose descriptions
With the diverse {get,set}table_params functions, it's possible to give a more verbose description of the diverse algorithm implementations. Most notably, we add a description of the parameters that each implementation is willing to share. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9576)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/list.pod b/doc/man1/list.pod
index 1e4d7cdd0a..1817b59760 100644
--- a/doc/man1/list.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/list.pod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ list - list algorithms and features
B<openssl list>
[B<-help>]
+[B<-verbose>]
[B<-1>]
[B<-commands>]
[B<-digest-commands>]
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ features.
Display a usage message.
+=item B<-verbose>
+
+Displays extra information.
+The options below where verbosity applies say a bit more about what that means.
+
=item B<-1>
List the commands, digest-commands, or cipher-commands in a single column.
@@ -56,6 +62,9 @@ official algorithm name, B<bar>.
If a line is of the form C<foo @ bar>, then B<foo> is provided by the provider
B<bar>.
+In verbose mode, the algorithms provided by a provider will get additional
+information on what parameters each implementation supports.
+
=item B<-mac-algorithms>
Display a list of message authentication code algorithms.
@@ -75,6 +84,9 @@ official algorithm name, B<bar>.
If a line is of the form C<foo @ bar>, then B<foo> is provided by the provider
B<bar>.
+In verbose mode, the algorithms provided by a provider will get additional
+information on what parameters each implementation supports.
+
=item B<-public-key-algorithms>
Display a list of public key algorithms, with each algorithm as