Use default openssl.cnf if config filename set to NULL and

openssl_conf if appname NULL.

CHANGES

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
          *) applies to 0.9.6a/0.9.6b/0.9.6c and 0.9.7
          +) applies to 0.9.7 only
 
+  +) Move default behaviour to CONF_modules_load_file(). Is appname is NULL
+     use "openssl_conf" if filename is NULL use default openssl config file.
+     [Steve Henson]
+
   +) Add an argument to OPENSSL_config() to allow the use of an alternative
      config section name. Add a new flag to tolerate a missing config file
      and move code to CONF_modules_load_file().

apps/apps.c

@@ -1314,3 +1314,23 @@ ENGINE *setup_engine(BIO *err, const char *engine, int debug)
 		}
         return e;
         }
+
+int load_config(char *filename, BIO *err)
+	{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	if (filename)
+		flags = 0;
+	else
+		flags = CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE;
+
+	if (CONF_modules_load_file(filename, NULL, flags) <= 0)
+		{
+		if (err)
+			{
+			BIO_printf(err, "Error loading config file\n");
+			ERR_print_errors(err);
+			}
+		return 0;
+		}
+	return 1;
+	}

crypto/conf/conf_mall.c

@@ -83,26 +83,14 @@ static int openssl_configured = 0;
 
 void OPENSSL_config(const char *config_name)
 	{
-	int err_exit = 0;
-	char *file;
 	if (openssl_configured)
 		return;
 
 	OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules();
 
-	file = CONF_get1_default_config_file();
-	if (!file)
-		return;
-	if (config_name == NULL)
-		config_name = "openssl_conf";
-
 	ERR_clear_error();
-	if (CONF_modules_load_file(file, config_name,
+	if (CONF_modules_load_file(NULL, NULL,
-			CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE) <= 0)
+					CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE) <= 0)
-			err_exit = 1;
-
-	OPENSSL_free(file);
-	if (err_exit)
 		{
 		BIO *bio_err;
 		ERR_load_crypto_strings();

crypto/conf/conf_mod.c

@@ -163,13 +163,25 @@ int CONF_modules_load(const CONF *cnf, const char *appname,
 int CONF_modules_load_file(const char *filename, const char *appname,
 			   unsigned long flags)
 	{
+	char *file;
 	CONF *conf = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 	conf = NCONF_new(NULL);
 	if (!conf)
 		goto err;
 
-	if (NCONF_load(conf, filename, NULL) <= 0)
+	if (filename == NULL)
+		{
+		file = CONF_get1_default_config_file();
+		if (!file)
+			goto err;
+		}
+	else
+		file = (char *)filename;
+	if (appname == NULL)
+		appname = "openssl_conf";
+
+	if (NCONF_load(conf, file, NULL) <= 0)
 		{
 		if ((flags & CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE) &&
 		  (ERR_GET_REASON(ERR_peek_last_error()) == CONF_R_NO_SUCH_FILE))
@@ -183,6 +195,8 @@ int CONF_modules_load_file(const char *filename, const char *appname,
 	ret = CONF_modules_load(conf, appname, flags);
 
 	err:
+	if (filename == NULL)
+		OPENSSL_free(file);
 	NCONF_free(conf);
 
 	return ret;