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authorDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2019-08-15 13:45:04 +0200
committerDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2019-08-15 14:57:18 +0200
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INSTALL: clarify documentation of the --api=x.y.z deprecation option
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9599)
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Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
- version 1.1.0 or below.
+ version 1.1.0 or below. This is a rather specialized option
+ for developers. If you just intend to remove all deprecated
+ APIs entirely (up to the current version), it is easier
+ to add the 'no-deprecated' option instead (see below).
--cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your