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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod index 0d24083e6..2cc41f89d 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ If an application needs to call BIO_gets() or BIO_puts() through a chain containing digest BIOs then this can be done by prepending a buffering BIO. +Before OpenSSL 1.0.0 the call to BIO_get_md_ctx() would only work if the BIO +had been initialized for example by calling BIO_set_md() ). In OpenSSL +1.0.0 and later the context is always returned and the BIO is state is set +to initialized. This allows applications to initialize the context externally +if the standard calls such as BIO_set_md() are not sufficiently flexible. + =head1 RETURN VALUES BIO_f_md() returns the digest BIO method. |