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diff --git a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_init_crypto.pod b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_init_crypto.pod index a259539f05..b53ab6bd10 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OPENSSL_init_crypto.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OPENSSL_init_crypto.pod @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ As of version 1.1.0 OpenSSL will automatically allocate all resources that it needs so no explicit initialisation is required. Similarly it will also automatically deinitialise as required. -However, there way be situations when explicit initialisation is desirable or +However, there may be situations when explicit initialisation is desirable or needed, for example when some non-default initialisation is required. The function OPENSSL_init_crypto() can be used for this purpose for libcrypto (see also L<OPENSSL_init_ssl(3)> for the libssl @@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ engines. This not a default option. With this option the library will register its fork handlers. See OPENSSL_fork_prepare(3) for details. +=item OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT + +By default OpenSSL will attempt to clean itself up when the process exits via an +"atexit" handler. Using this option suppresses that behaviour. This means that +the application will have to clean up OpenSSL explicitly using +OPENSSL_cleanup(). + =back Multiple options may be combined together in a single call to |