Old OpenSSL Compatibility (x: Old OpenSSL Cpmpaitibility)

[Fred Wright]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, Hal Murray wrote:

>> The macro to map EVP_MD_CTX_reset to EVP_MD_CTX_init wouldn't have
>> worked,  but it didn't matter since that function isn't actually used.  I
>> didn't  think it was a good idea to leave a time bomb for some possible
>> future  use, so I fixed it.
>
> I would just delete it.

You can look at what I did and see if it makes sense to ditch it.

> OpenSSL initilization had a major change somewhere years ago.  It used to
> take a few calls to load stuff.  That now happens automatically.

This isn't *that* init - it's a *different* init.  This one reinitializes 
a context so that it can be reused, rather than having to allocate a new 
one.  It's not currently used here, but that could change it it's useful.

>> I also added the new include to the two affected attic programs.
>
> Thanks.  Most of that stuff is just timing hacks.  We could skip building
> any of them that are causing troubles.  That would take a bit of work in
> attic/wscript.  It would need a hack to get the OpenSSL version number.  A
> sort of automatic local --disable-nts

They all build and work now.  I think there's one that disables itself in 
the "old" case, but it doesn't fail the build.

I just submitted MR !1413 for the updates.

Fred Wright