On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 09:52:58AM -0500, Kenneth Goldman wrote:
> Question:
>
> OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT is undocumented. Can I count on it being there and
> up to date, or is it for internal use only?
>
> Request:
>
> OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER varies between a long and an int constant, Could
> it please be standardized?
It is standardized, but the standard has changed as OpenSSL evolved, it
is quite stable now. Postfix parses the number explained as follows:
/*
* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER(3):
*
* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER is a numeric release version identifier:
*
* MMNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
*
* The status nibble has one of the values 0 for development, 1 to e for
* betas 1 to 14, and f for release. Parsed OpenSSL version number. for
* example
*
* 0x000906000 == 0.9.6 dev 0x000906023 == 0.9.6b beta 3 0x00090605f ==
* 0.9.6e release
*
* Versions prior to 0.9.3 have identifiers < 0x0930. Versions between
* 0.9.3 and 0.9.5 had a version identifier with this interpretation:
*
* MMNNFFRBB major minor fix final beta/patch
*
* for example
*
* 0x000904100 == 0.9.4 release 0x000905000 == 0.9.5 dev
*
* Version 0.9.5a had an interim interpretation that is like the current
* one, except the patch level got the highest bit set, to keep continu-
* ity. The number was therefore 0x0090581f.
*/
The parser is:
long version = OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER; /* SSLeay() for run-time version */
if (version < 0x0930) {
info->status = 0;
info->patch = version & 0x0f;
version >>= 4;
info->micro = version & 0x0f;
version >>= 4;
info->minor = version & 0x0f;
version >>= 4;
info->major = version & 0x0f;
} else if (version < 0x00905800L) {
info->patch = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->status = version & 0xf;
version >>= 4;
info->micro = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->minor = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->major = version & 0xff;
} else {
info->status = version & 0xf;
version >>= 4;
info->patch = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->micro = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->minor = version & 0xff;
version >>= 8;
info->major = version & 0xff;
if (version < 0x00906000L)
info->patch &= ~0x80;
}
--
Viktor.
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