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Description of problem: In upstream openssl, the function FIPS_mode() (which is used to determine if the application is running in FIPS-mode) is in <openssl/crypto.h>. In Fedora, where I believe the FIPS support has been backported to version 1.0.0e (it's in 1.0.1, which is not yet released, upstream), the function is in <openssl/fips.h>. This causes problems when building applications using the function, since files should include <openssl/crypto.h>, and not fips.h to get the prototype. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0.0e How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. #include <openssl/crypto.h>, use FIPS_mode() 2. 3. Actual results: Compiler error (or, rather, warning) Expected results: Success! Additional info: I suppose moving it to crypto.h could break some applications written against Fedora OpenSSL, but a solution could perhaps be to do #include <openssl/crypto.h> in fips.h.
Actually the FIPS support in the fedora's OpenSSL pre-dates the unreleased upstream support on the 1.0.1 branch. It is a partial forward-port from the 0.9.8 fips branch and there it was in the openssl/fips.h include file.
Ah, okay. I expected something like this. Would it be possible to get an #include <openssl/fips.h> in crypto.h, for example? Right now it's hard to write code for both.
You can test for the openssl version and include either fips.h or crypto.h. Note that Fedora will sooner or later upgrade to 1.0.1 branch anyway and if you want to support the RHEL-5 or 6 you'll have to live with the current placement of FIPS_mode() in fips.h as these distributions will not be changed in this regard.
Understandable, thanks for your comments.
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