From fb0b844a7d7985fe3d8601342449b37c3996dc31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:19:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document the change in req.

---
 CHANGES          | 5 +++++
 doc/apps/req.pod | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f282787f41..73ef0b4de6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.5a and 0.9.6  [xx XXX 2000]
 
+  *) Addition of the command line parameter '-rand file' to 'openssl req'.
+     The given file takes precedence over the RANDFILE option in the
+     configuration file.
+     [Richard Levitte]
+
   *) mkstack.pl now sorts each macro group into lexical order.
      Previously the output order depended on the order the files
      appeared in the directory, resulting in needless rewriting
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index 7c7a5d86b3..a3f54f45a3 100644
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ B<openssl> B<req>
 [B<-verify>]
 [B<-modulus>]
 [B<-new>]
+[B<-rand file(s)>]
 [B<-newkey rsa:bits>]
 [B<-newkey dsa:file>]
 [B<-nodes>]
@@ -104,6 +105,14 @@ in the configuration file and any requested extensions.
 If the B<-key> option is not used it will generate a new RSA private
 key using information specified in the configuration file.
 
+=item B<-rand file(s)>
+
+a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
+all others.
+
 =item B<-newkey arg>
 
 this option creates a new certificate request and a new private
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