Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> 
> Apparently, in the change from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 the definitions of
> 
>   GEN_OTHERNAME, GEN_EMAIL, GEN_DNS, ...
> 
> went from
> 
>    (X | V_ASN1_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC)
> 
> to
> 
>    (X)
> 
> This of course breaks dynamic linked applications.  Is there a good
> reason for changing the values of these constants?
> 

This is the new ASN1 code, the reason is mentioned in README.ASN1 .
There are quite a few other places where it has been necessary to break
binary compatibility.

Steve.
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