Well, As I said earlier, you don't have to implement it, however that would be nice if you could make the cutsom error handling code work, which would allow me to implement it. Thanks, Frédéric Giudicelli http://www.newpki.org
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Levitte via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: [openssl.org #629] Custom error handling > > I just made up my mind on this issue. I will not implement > ERR_disable() or ERR_enable() for the reasons stated below. And that > resolves this ticket. > > [levitte - Fri Jun 20 00:20:52 2003]: > > > Just for the sake of keeping history with this ticket: I've concerns > > with ERR_disable() in relation to the OpenSSL code checking for > certain > > errors in some places. If error setting is disabled, we might very > well > > end up with unwanted problems. Sure, it can be fixed by temporarely > > re-enabling error setting, but that requires an extra effort from > > OpenSSL developpers, and this is easily forgotten. > > > > [levitte - Wed Jun 11 22:55:38 2003]: > > > > > I've implemented ERR_set_mark() and ERR_pop_to_mark(), which can be > > > used > > > for similar functionality. I'll look into ERR_disable() and > > > ERR_enable() as well, but that requires quite a lot more work. > > > > > > If the implemented functions are enough for you for now, I'll > resolve > > > this ticket. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon May 26 09:16:48 2003]: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to implement some kind of error locking function: > > > > > > > > SYSerr(x,x); > > > > ERR_disable(); //We don't want anymore error feedback from this > > > point > > > > //call to functions that can potentialy generate some more errors > > > > ERR_enable(); //Re-enable error feedback > > > > > > > > In this exemple the last error will be the one generated by > > > > "SYSerr(x,x);". > > > > > > > > I tried to implement a custom error handling function, > > > > int_thread_get_item equivalent that would return NULL, if the > > > > thread error handling was locked, but any call to > > > > ERR_clear_error destroyed the "SYSerr(x,x);" error. > > > > > > > > The custom error handling doesn't seem to be really supported > > > (ERR_FNS > > > > is opaque..., etc), altough the bases are there, could it be > > > > possible to either fully support custom error handling, or to > add > > > > the ERR_enable/ERR_disable. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Frédéric Giudicelli > > > > http://www.newpki.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Richard Levitte > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
