From: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 15:24:54 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Fix parsing of serial# in req
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_1_1_0e~27
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=85342b7d4ffa26fb0316c9cb5574a0d0bedc8a1e;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

Fix parsing of serial# in req

Reported by Jakub Wilk.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2556)
(cherry picked from commit be4c82aa767998ce2a5717fc895482052373f1b1)
---

diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index 2707dc9e36..e8951aecf9 100644
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ OPTIONS req_options[] = {
     {"multivalue-rdn", OPT_MULTIVALUE_RDN, '-',
      "Enable support for multivalued RDNs"},
     {"days", OPT_DAYS, 'p', "Number of days cert is valid for"},
-    {"set_serial", OPT_SET_SERIAL, 'p', "Serial number to use"},
+    {"set_serial", OPT_SET_SERIAL, 's', "Serial number to use"},
     {"extensions", OPT_EXTENSIONS, 's',
      "Cert extension section (override value in config file)"},
     {"reqexts", OPT_REQEXTS, 's',
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index 8362f53d8c..8ba04aedba 100644
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ days to certify the certificate for. The default is 30 days.
 
 serial number to use when outputting a self signed certificate. This
 may be specified as a decimal value or a hex value if preceded by B<0x>.
-It is possible to use negative serial numbers but this is not recommended.
 
 =item B<-extensions section>