linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] sign-file: Use OpenSSL provided define to compile out deprecated APIs

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Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 10:33:24 -0700
From:   Adam Langley <agl@...gle.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] sign-file: Use OpenSSL provided define to compile out
 deprecated APIs

On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 10:25 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> Okay so this patch is actually a build fix for when OpenSSL doesn't include
> ENGINE support?

Correct.

> Currently this patch claims that it's removing the use of a
> "deprecated" API, which is something entirely different.

The ENGINE API is deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 but that change doesn't
remove support unless it has already been compiled out of OpenSSL
first.


Cheers

AGL