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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index bb7df23205..00d0f3a00d 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <openssl/crypto.h>
#include <openssl/rand.h>
+#include <openssl/conf.h>
// Work around clang compilation problem in Boost 1.46:
// /usr/include/boost/program_options/detail/config_file.hpp:163:17: error: call to function 'to_internal' that is neither visible in the template definition nor found by argument-dependent lookup
@@ -134,6 +135,13 @@ public:
ppmutexOpenSSL[i] = new CCriticalSection();
CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(locking_callback);
+ // OpenSSL can optionally load a config file which lists optional loadable modules and engines.
+ // We don't use them so we don't require the config. However some of our libs may call functions
+ // which attempt to load the config file, possibly resulting in an exit() or crash if it is missing
+ // or corrupt. Explicitly tell OpenSSL not to try to load the file. The result for our libs will be
+ // that the config appears to have been loaded and there are no modules/engines available.
+ OPENSSL_no_config();
+
#ifdef WIN32
// Seed OpenSSL PRNG with current contents of the screen
RAND_screen();