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| author | Shakti Shah <shaktishah33@gmail.com> | 2024-01-31 01:14:34 +0530 |
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| committer | Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> | 2024-02-05 10:15:22 +0100 |
| commit | 22f82d457c06289ec66a627a3d11649d83beff88 (patch) | |
| tree | 673db71a4b2c5623edddc05e6ebc7cc46247ea35 /doc | |
| parent | b332dbb3ed0171eb0d227be3b0d558480a73a67e (diff) | |
| download | openssl-22f82d457c06289ec66a627a3d11649d83beff88.tar.gz | |
Clarify X509_STORE_CTX_init() documentation in the man page
Fixes #21203
CLA: trivial
Reviewed-by: Todd Short <todd.short@me.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/23435)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_new.pod | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_new.pod b/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_new.pod index d59599ed7b..17c8bc73bf 100644 --- a/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_new.pod +++ b/doc/man3/X509_STORE_CTX_new.pod @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ is no longer valid. If I<ctx> is NULL nothing is done. X509_STORE_CTX_init() sets up I<ctx> for a subsequent verification operation. -It must be called before each call to L<X509_verify_cert(3)> or + +X509_STORE_CTX_init() initializes the internal state and resources of the +X509_STORE_CTX, and must be called before each call to L<X509_verify_cert(3)> or L<X509_STORE_CTX_verify(3)>, i.e., a context is only good for one verification. If you want to verify a further certificate or chain with the same I<ctx> then you must call X509_STORE_CTX_init() again. |