[rs-dev] Work-around for Open SSL 1.1.0 till Open SSL 1.1.1 bis

[Graham Leggett]

On 03 Dec 2019, at 23:01, Dirk-Willem van Gulik via rs-dev <rs-dev at redwax.eu> wrote:

> So OpenSSL 1.1.0 made the contents of the X509_REQ struct private. And only gave us a getter.
> 
> I've put in a PR for a setter (https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10563)
> 
> But that will take a few months to work through - and 2-3 years for most distributions to pick this up.
> 
> How about below as a stopgap for us.
> 
> Or is this too naughty ?

I think given it was public in the past and so set in stone, it works in the present, and looks like it will be accepted in future, as soon as anyone upstreams breaks anything the proper setter will be used and it won't matter.

Regards,
Graham
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