From: Dr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:09:22 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: openssl.pod: Add documentation for using the loader_attic engine
X-Git-Tag: openssl-3.0.0-alpha12~145
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=acfccbd5ee09e453ac5e8f39744540907b0cac2b;p=thirdparty%2Fopenssl.git

openssl.pod: Add documentation for using the loader_attic engine

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13551)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl.pod b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
index 16b7769ae33..3176c19eee9 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ L<config(5)/Engine Configuration>.
 The engine will be used for key ids specified with B<-key> and similar
 options when an option like B<-keyform engine> is given.
 
+A special case is the C<loader_attic> engine, which
+is meant just for internal OpenSSL testing purposes and
+supports loading keys, parameters, certificates, and CRLs from files.
+When this engine is used, files with such credentials are read via this engine.
+Using the C<file:> schema is optional; a plain file (path) name will do.
+
 =back
 
 Options specifying keys, like B<-key> and similar, can use the generic