From: Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:22:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: point out that RAND_load_file() etc are only for seed files, not for
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_6a-beta1~48^2~19
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=928cc3a6de4606faece84ee1468a7ff2b7fc521e;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

point out that RAND_load_file() etc are only for seed files, not for
entropy devices or sockets.
---

diff --git a/crypto/rand/randfile.c b/crypto/rand/randfile.c
index 528e410f74..fe4f2a9a21 100644
--- a/crypto/rand/randfile.c
+++ b/crypto/rand/randfile.c
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 
 /* #define RFILE ".rnd" - defined in ../../e_os.h */
 
+/* Note that these functions are intended for seed files only.
+ * Entropy devices and EGD sockets are handled in rand_unix.c */
+
 int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
 	{
 	/* If bytes >= 0, read up to 'bytes' bytes.