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Document default section and library configuration

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It is talked around but not explicitly stated in one part of the
documentation that you should put library configuration lines at the
start of the configuration file.

CLA: trivial

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3959)
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xemdetia 2017-07-18 13:57:25 -04:00 committed by Benjamin Kaduk
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@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ file.
To enable library configuration the default section needs to contain an
appropriate line which points to the main configuration section. The default
name is B<openssl_conf> which is used by the B<openssl> utility. Other
applications may use an alternative name such as B<myapplicaton_conf>.
applications may use an alternative name such as B<myapplication_conf>.
All library configuration lines appear in the default section at the start
of the configuration file.
The configuration section should consist of a set of name value pairs which
contain specific module configuration information. The B<name> represents
@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ the name of the I<configuration module> the meaning of the B<value> is
module specific: it may, for example, represent a further configuration
section containing configuration module specific information. E.g.
# This must be in the default section
openssl_conf = openssl_init
[openssl_init]