On Tue, Sep 21, 2010, Gregory Bellier wrote: > Hi all ! > > I'm currently playing with openssl-0.9.8o to add a cipher in it (just for > fun). > > I noticed in crypto/objects that 2 files (obj_dat.h and obj_mac.h) are > automatically generated from scripts which read obj_mac.num and objects.txt. > Therefore I did not update manually obj_dat.h and obj_mac.h. > > However, when I run "make" I get errors. Those errors are from obj_dat.h and > obj_mac.h because they were not updated whereas it was supposed to be done > automatically. The scripts didn't run. > > For ciphers already included, these errors are not triggered because the > released tarball contains obj_dat.h and obj_mac.h already up-to-date. > > The question is, is this a normal behaviour ? In my opinion, it isn't. > > Those files aren't updated because they already exist. To build correctly > OpenSSL, I have to rm -f obj_dat.h obj_mac.h. Then when I run "make", the > scripts are executed and those two files are correctly created. > > So, if I add a new symetric cipher, to be able to run a correct make test > what would be the right thing to do : > - add the cipher, update those 2 files manually and run config/make/make > test. Therefore, whar's the point of "automatically generated" ? > - add the cipher, run the scripts manually and config/make/make test > - add the cipher, delete those files and config/make/make test. > > If it's not either one of those 3 possibilities, then I think there is a > problem. I'd like to have your opinion on this matter. > > I hope I made myself clear. >
You should only have to modify objects.txt, the others are all updated from it. That said it isn't a good idea to modify objects.txt locally because the generated NIDs will clash with future OpenSSL additions in official releases resulting in binary incompatibility. A better way is to create a NID dynamically using OBJ_create() and use that instead. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
