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| author | Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> | 2019-02-27 10:08:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> | 2019-02-27 10:08:15 +0000 |
| commit | 02ab4841b9da6c48a1ea8c676eff3a9175b489db (patch) | |
| tree | bd359f661f3306dc0b0b14b748b8aa5487ac496f | |
| parent | 358a3b9c382bdd1cec9330fcd55360815d9ce472 (diff) | |
| download | libgit2-02ab4841b9da6c48a1ea8c676eff3a9175b489db.tar.gz | |
threading: clarify openssl default vs mbedtls
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/threading.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/threading.md b/docs/threading.md index 0c31cf655..ddfaf7ae5 100644 --- a/docs/threading.md +++ b/docs/threading.md @@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ general case still affects you if you use ssh. General Case ------------ -If there are no applicable TLS implementations (currently only -SecureTransport and mbedTLS), libgit2 defaults to OpenSSL in order to use HTTPS as a transport. -OpenSSL is thread-safe starting at version 1.1.0. If your copy of libgit2 is -linked against that version, you do not need to take any further steps. +libgit2 will default to OpenSSL for HTTPS transport (except on Windows and +macOS, as mentioned above). On any system, mbedTLS _may_ be optionally +enabled as the security provider. OpenSSL is thread-safe starting at +version 1.1.0. If your copy of libgit2 is linked against that version, +you do not need to take any further steps. Older versions of OpenSSL are made to be thread-implementation agnostic, and the users of the library must set which locking function it should use. libgit2 |