Re: documentation flaw

Molle Bestefich wrote:
> Stefan Küng wrote:
>> Which version of OpenSSL are you using?
>
> OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005 (Library: OpenSSL 0.9.8 05 Jul 2005).
>
> Which version are you using?
>
>> Did you get the openssl.cnf file
>> from the link provided in our docs?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I'm just asking because when I try this, the first command:
>> bin\openssl req -config bin\openssl.cnf -new -out my-server.csr
>> also generates the file privkey.pem automatically.
>
> Odd. I *did* use a different working directory than the documentation
> suggests, since it was easier that way. It doesn't seem that was the
> cause of the problem, though - an "attrib /s privkey.pem" reveals only
> the file that I manually created.
>
> Either way it's safe to leave the privkey.pem generate command in the
> docs, obviously. But I can send a patch which notes that the step
> "might not be necessary" or some such if you want?

Thanks Molle. Committed your patch in r5442 after adding an 'only if not
already generated' type note.

Simon

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