upd: openssl to 1.1.0

[cassiopeia.git] / lib / openssl / doc / crypto / ERR_error_string.pod

diff --git a/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod b/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
index cdfa7fe1fe725a78aab78b139fcae4ec8c2317b2..12f4f72be59119f00596c4fa9e9f5003af47e316 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
+++ b/lib/openssl/doc/crypto/ERR_error_string.pod
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ error message
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 ERR_error_string() generates a human-readable string representing the
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 ERR_error_string() generates a human-readable string representing the

-error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 120
+error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 256

 bytes long. If I<buf> is B<NULL>, the error string is placed in a
 static buffer.
 bytes long. If I<buf> is B<NULL>, the error string is placed in a
 static buffer.

+Note that this function is not thread-safe and does no checks on the size
+of the buffer; use ERR_error_string_n() instead.
+

 ERR_error_string_n() is a variant of ERR_error_string() that writes
 at most I<len> characters (including the terminating 0)
 and truncates the string if necessary.
 ERR_error_string_n() is a variant of ERR_error_string() that writes
 at most I<len> characters (including the terminating 0)
 and truncates the string if necessary.


@@ -39,14 +42,10 @@ ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and
 ERR_reason_error_string() return the library name, function
 name and reason string respectively.
 
 ERR_reason_error_string() return the library name, function
 name and reason string respectively.
 

-The OpenSSL error strings should be loaded by calling
-L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)|ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)> or, for SSL
-applications, L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)|SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
-first.

 If there is no text string registered for the given error code,
 the error string will contain the numeric code.
 
 If there is no text string registered for the given error code,
 the error string will contain the numeric code.
 

-L<ERR_print_errors(3)|ERR_print_errors(3)> can be used to print
+L<ERR_print_errors(3)> can be used to print

 all error codes currently in the queue.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 all error codes currently in the queue.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES


@@ -60,14 +59,16 @@ none is registered for the error code.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 

-L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>,
-L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)|ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)>,
-L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)|SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
-L<ERR_print_errors(3)|ERR_print_errors(3)>
+L<err(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>,
+L<ERR_print_errors(3)>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT

 
 

-=head1 HISTORY
+Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

 
 

-ERR_error_string() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
-ERR_error_string_n() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6.
+Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

 
 =cut
 
 =cut