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@@ -3,6 +3,40 @@ Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 [xx XXX 2000] + *) Introduce the possibility to access global variables through + functions on platform were that's the best way to handle exporting + global variables in shared libraries. To enable this functionality, + one must configure with "EXPORT_VAR_AS_FN" or defined the C macro + "OPENSSL_EXPORT_VAR_AS_FUNCTION" in crypto/opensslconf.h (the latter + is normally done by Configure or something similar). + + To implement a global variable, use the macro OPENSSL_IMPLEMENT_GLOBAL + in the source file (foo.c) like this: + + OPENSSL_IMPLEMENT_GLOBAL(int,foo)=1; + OPENSSL_IMPLEMENT_GLOBAL(double,bar); + + To declare a global variable, use the macros OPENSSL_DECLARE_GLOBAL + and OPENSSL_GLOBAL_REF in the header file (foo.h) like this: + + OPENSSL_DECLARE_GLOBAL(int,foo); + #define foo OPENSSL_GLOBAL_REF(foo) + OPENSSL_DECLARE_GLOBAL(double,bar); + #define bar OPENSSL_GLOBAL_REF(bar) + + The #defines are very important, and therefore so is including the + header file everywere where the defined globals are used. + + The macro OPENSSL_EXPORT_VAR_AS_FUNCTION also affects the definition + of ASN.1 items, but that structure is a bt different. + + The largest change is in util/mkdef.pl which has been enhanced with + better and easier to understand logic to choose which symbols should + go into the Windows .def files as well as a number of fixes and code + cleanup (among others, algorithm keywords are now sorted + lexicographically to avoid constant rewrites). + [Richard Levitte] + *) In copy_email() check for >= 0 as a return value for X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() since 0 is a valid index. [Steve Henson reported by Massimiliano Pala <madwolf@opensca.org>] |