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@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ It is strongly recommended to use absolute paths with the B<.include>
directive. Relative paths are evaluated based on the application current
working directory so unless the configuration file containing the
B<.include> directive is application specific the inclusion will not
-work as expected.
+work as expected. The environment variable B<OPENSSL_CONF_INCLUDE> can also be
+used to specify the path to prepend to all .include paths.
There can be optional B<=> character and whitespace characters between
B<.include> directive and the path which can be useful in cases the
@@ -487,6 +488,10 @@ Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
The path to the directory with OpenSSL modules, such as providers.
Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
+=item B<OPENSSL_CONF_INCLUDE>
+
+The optional path to prepend to all .include paths.
+
=back
=head1 BUGS