Okay, the background is that I've ported OpenSSL to the Macintosh (yeah,
yeah-- I know). Even stranger yet, I'm using it as a library for a code
resource which is loaded by another application to do an 'https' query of
a server (if it means anything to anyone reading this, I'm working on an
XFCN).
Things work well as long as I ensure the library is freshly reloaded
every time; however, for performance reasons, it's nice to keep the code
library cached in-memory and use it again later. The problem is that on
the second or third usage of the library, things break.
Now, obviously there is a problem with some static variables, since
things work well when they're set up correctly to their compiled values.
If you're curious, I drop into my debugger when I hit the this point in
lh_insert():
rn=getrn(lh,data,&hash);
I'm quite sure the problem is actually within getrn(), but my debugger
only notices the return to that point in lh_insert().
Anyway, the question I have is whether anyone has any idea what I need to
clean up or uninitialize when I'm done with OpenSSL so that the next time
I enter it, things will not break. Any takers? I'm betting the answer
is that it's not worth the effort.
In the meantime, I'll do the obvious thing and just keep a clean copy
in-memory, clone it, then use and discard the clone (and repeat....).
-Roy
p.s. I'm using 0.9.4 now, so I'm pretty much ready to contribute the
changes back to the project-- Whoo Hoo!
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