Skip to content
Commit fd6a0f5e authored by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews's avatar Jacob Hoffman-Andrews Committed by Rich Salz
Browse files

Clarify error for unrecognized arguments.



Many of the sub-commands under apps/ accept cipher or digest arguments like
"-sha256". These are implemented using a catchall flag that runs the result
through opt_md() or opt_cipher(). That means any unrecognized flag, including
typos, gets sent to those two functions, producing confusing error messages like
below:

    $ ./apps/openssl req -x590
    req: Unrecognized digest x590
    req: Use -help for summary.

This change switches these two functions to say "Unrecognized flag X" instead.
The new message deliberately leaves off the "-" from the flag name, because
there are some cases where opt_md() and opt_cipher() are passed a flag value
instead (for instance, openssl ca -md). I think the new message is generic
enough that it can serve both cases with improved clarity.

CLA: trivial

Reviewed-by: default avatarAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4972)
parent 9d828b53
0% or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment