Remove openssl provider app

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12943)

4 files changed, 1 insertions, 92 deletions

diff --git a/doc/man1/build.info b/doc/man1/build.info
index 5b0b4eb6fd..40df5d360e 100644
--- a/doc/man1/build.info
+++ b/doc/man1/build.info
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ DEPEND[]= \
          openssl-pkey.pod \
          openssl-pkeyutl.pod \
          openssl-prime.pod \
-         openssl-provider.pod \
          openssl-rand.pod \
          openssl-rehash.pod \
          openssl-req.pod \
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ DEPEND[openssl-pkeyparam.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-pkey.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-pkeyutl.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-prime.pod]=../perlvars.pm
-DEPEND[openssl-provider.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-rand.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-rehash.pod]=../perlvars.pm
 DEPEND[openssl-req.pod]=../perlvars.pm
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ GENERATE[openssl-pkeyparam.pod]=openssl-pkeyparam.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-pkey.pod]=openssl-pkey.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-pkeyutl.pod]=openssl-pkeyutl.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-prime.pod]=openssl-prime.pod.in
-GENERATE[openssl-provider.pod]=openssl-provider.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-rand.pod]=openssl-rand.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-rehash.pod]=openssl-rehash.pod.in
 GENERATE[openssl-req.pod]=openssl-req.pod.in
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-provider.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-provider.pod.in
deleted file mode 100644
index b8d056584d..0000000000
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-provider.pod.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-=pod
-{- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-openssl-provider - load and query providers
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-B<openssl provider>
-[B<-help>]
-[B<-v>]
-[B<-vv>]
-[B<-vvv>]
-[I<provider> ...]
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This command is used to query the capabilities of the
-specified I<provider>'s.
-
-=head1 OPTIONS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<-help>
-
-Print out a usage message.
-
-=item B<-v> B<-vv> B<-vvv>
-
-Provides information about each specified provider.
-The first flag lists the names of all algorithms each provider
-implements; the second lists them by category; the third adds
-information on what parameters each of them can handle.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 ENVIRONMENT
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<OPENSSL_MODULES>
-
-The path to the modules directory, where one can expect provider
-modules to be located.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-L<config(5)>
-
-=head1 COPYRIGHT
-
-Copyright 2019-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
-this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
-in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
-L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
-
-=cut
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl.pod b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
index 3ae273b5bf..723ed0e2f1 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ Public key algorithm cryptographic operation command.
 
 Compute prime numbers.
 
-=item B<provider>
-
-Load and query providers.
-
 =item B<rand>
 
 Generate pseudo-random bytes.
@@ -764,26 +760,6 @@ This file can be used in a subsequent command invocation.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Provider Options
-
-With the move to provider based cryptographic operations in OpenSSL 3.0,
-options were added to allow specific providers or sets of providers to be used.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<-provider> I<name>
-
-Use the provider identified by I<name> and use all the methods it
-implements (algorithms, key storage, etc.).  This option can be specified
-multiple time to load more than one provider.
-
-=item B<-provider-path> I<path>
-
-Specify the search I<path> that is used to locate provider modules.  The format
-of I<path> varies depending on the operating system being used.
-
-=back
-
 =head2 Extended Verification Options
 
 Sometimes there may be more than one certificate chain leading to an
@@ -1281,7 +1257,7 @@ in L<config(5)/Engine Configuration Module>.
 
 The OpenSSL library can be take some configuration parameters from the
 environment.  Some of these variables are listed below.  For information
-about specific commands, see L<openssl-engine(1)>, L<openssl-provider(1)>,
+about specific commands, see L<openssl-engine(1)>,
 L<openssl-rehash(1)>, and L<tsget(1)>.
 
 For information about the use of environment variables in configuration,
diff --git a/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod b/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod
index 788f5dff81..8e131affb7 100644
--- a/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/openssl-env.pod
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ See L<OPENSSL_malloc(3)>.
 =item B<OPENSSL_MODULES>
 
 Specifies the directory from which cryptographic providers are loaded.
-See L<openssl-provider(1)>.
 
 =item B<OPENSSL_WIN32_UTF8>