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authorGeoff Thorpe <geoff@openssl.org>2008-08-06 18:41:50 +0200
committerGeoff Thorpe <geoff@openssl.org>2008-08-06 18:41:50 +0200
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parentRemove the dual-callback scheme for numeric and pointer thread IDs, (diff)
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Correct the FAQ and the threads man page re: CRYPTO_THREADID changes.
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Multi-threaded applications must provide two callback functions to
OpenSSL by calling CRYPTO_set_locking_callback() and
-CRYPTO_set_id_callback(). This is described in the threads(3)
-manpage.
+CRYPTO_set_id_callback(), for all versions of OpenSSL up to and
+including 0.9.8[abc...]. As of version 0.9.9, CRYPTO_set_id_callback()
+and associated APIs are deprecated by CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback()
+and friends. This is described in the threads(3) manpage.
* I've compiled a program under Windows and it crashes: why?