Bug#402870: openssl: option -out does not recognize de facto STDOUT marker '-'

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2006-12-13 11:30:31 [+0200], Jari Aalto wrote:
> The openssl treat this as plain filename, a dash(-). 
> 
> SUGGESTION
> 
> Treat output filename dash(-) as STDOUT marker and write the content as is, 
> not in disk.

How important is this little detail? If you skip "-out $file" then it
will write the output.

Sebastian

Bug#402870: openssl: option -out does not recognize de facto STDOUT marker '-'

[Jari Aalto]

Package: openssl
Version: 0.9.8c-4
Severity: normal

Consider this:

   openssl enc -rc4 -d -salt -pass pass:$pass -in $file -out $out

When the parameter:

out=-

The openssl treat this as plain filename, a dash(-). 

SUGGESTION

Treat output filename dash(-) as STDOUT marker and write the content as is, not 
in disk.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)

Versions of packages openssl depends on:
ii  libc62.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8  0.9.8c-4SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g   1:1.2.3-13  compression library - runtime

openssl recommends no packages.

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