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authorPauli <pauli@openssl.org>2023-04-17 15:39:24 +1000
committerPauli <pauli@openssl.org>2023-04-20 09:21:51 +1000
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doc: document the -pedantic option to fipsinstall.
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20752)
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-rw-r--r--doc/man1/openssl-fipsinstall.pod.in9
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-fipsinstall.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-fipsinstall.pod.in
index e3ceeb481c..eab19385f0 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-fipsinstall.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-fipsinstall.pod.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ B<openssl fipsinstall>
[B<-macopt> I<nm>:I<v>]
[B<-noout>]
[B<-quiet>]
+[B<-pedantic>]
[B<-no_conditional_errors>]
[B<-no_security_checks>]
[B<-ems_check>]
@@ -158,6 +159,14 @@ The default digest is SHA-256.
Disable logging of the self tests.
+=item B<-pedantic>
+
+Configure the module so that it is strictly FIPS compliant rather
+than being backwards compatible. This enables conditional errors,
+security checks etc. Note that any previous configuration options will
+be overwritten and any subsequent configuration options that violate
+FIPS compliance will result in an error.
+
=item B<-no_conditional_errors>
Configure the module to not enter an error state if a conditional self test