CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    src
Changes by:     t...@cvs.openbsd.org    2023/10/09 10:03:57

Modified files:
        lib/libcrypto/man: X509_ALGOR_dup.3 

Log message:
Clarify documentation of X509_ALGOR_{set0,set_md}()

The X509_ALGOR_set0() and X509_ALGOR_set_md() documentation comes from
upstream, which means it is as sloppy as the code and as vague as your
average upstream manpage. Be precise on what X509_ALGOR_set0() does on
different inputs and document return values and failure modes.

X509_ALGOR_set_md() is a void function that calls X509_ALGOR_set0() in a
way that can fail, leaving alg in a corrupted state. Document when that
can occur and how to avoid or detect that, but do not go too far, because
EVP_MD_meth_new(), one potential source of failures, is a whole another
can of worms.

joint work with schwarze

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