From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] imap-send: prepare for OpenSSL 4.1
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 10:26:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ap_GvB8Lonkn0nEy@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907211210.2621693-2-dev+git@drbeat.li>
On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 11:12:08PM +0200, Beat Bolli wrote:
> OpenSSL master (to be v4.1 after the release) renamed the function
> ASN1_STRING_length() to ASN1_STRING_get_length(). Map the new name to
> the old one if we're compiling with a pre-4.1 version.
I can see [1] that the new functions indeed exist now. But it doesn't
say anything about the old functions, they still exist and don't seem to
be deprecated. So why do we even have to switch to the new function?
Patrick
[1]: https://docs.openssl.org/master/man3/ASN1_STRING_length/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 8:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 21:12 [PATCH 0/3] imap-send: future proofing and two correctness fixes Beat Bolli
2026-09-07 21:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] imap-send: prepare for OpenSSL 4.1 Beat Bolli
2026-09-08 4:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-08 8:26 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-09-07 21:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] imap-send: don't expect an ASN1_STRING to be NUL-terminated Beat Bolli
2026-09-08 1:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-08 8:26 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-07 21:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] imap-send: only check the CN if no SAN DNS names are present Beat Bolli
2026-09-08 1:28 ` brian m. carlson
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