Hi Joakim,

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:59:09 +0100, Joakim 
Althini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

joakim.althini> when upgrading from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 Beta 6 i have
joakim.althini> noticed a changed behaviour when calling
joakim.althini> X509_NAME_oneline with a certificate containing an
joakim.althini> email address as a part of the DN. X509_NAME_oneline
joakim.althini> concatenates the short versions of the NIDs and
joakim.althini> returns them in a buffer. When I compared
joakim.althini> crypto/objects/obj_dat.h in 0.9.6g and 0.9.7 Beta 6,
joakim.althini> the short name for NID_pkcs9_emailAddress is changed
joakim.althini> from "Email" to "emailAddress".

Not exactly.  The short form has been removed.

joakim.althini> This causes incompatibility with previous versions, is it
joakim.althini> an intended change or a bug?

The "Email" short form was a bug.  Please read the thread starting at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssl-dev&m=103414682502207&w=2

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