gnutls_x509_policy_release(3)

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version 3.8.13 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

✨ gnutls_x509_policy_release ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the gnutls manual, section 3 — yes we're in the library pages now, it's giving very "I read headers for fun" energy and honestly? iconic 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

gnutls_x509_policy_release — it's an API function, and its whole personality is cleanup. 🧹

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

void gnutls_x509_policy_release(struct gnutls_x509_policy_st * policy);

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • struct gnutls_x509_policy_st * policy — a certificate policy, bestie. that's the thing you're about to free. 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically this function deinitializes all memory associated with the provided policy ✨. like, every last byte it was holding? gone. released. not your problem anymore.

and the policy you're handing over here — the one you're yeeting into the void — is one that was allocated using gnutls_x509_crt_get_policy(). so like, if you didn't get it from there, this is not the vibe, okay? 🚨

ngl this is the responsible-girlie move: you allocated it, you release it. no leaks, no regrets, periodt. 💀

⭐ SINCE ⭐

3.1.5 — old money, she's been here a minute 👑

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, tell the people:

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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. 🫶 (so basically: share it, remix it, just keep the receipts, fr fr)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form, go visit:

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 go forth and free your policies responsibly ✨

sign-off szn: this was gnutls version 3.8.13, page gnutls_x509_policy_release(3), and yes it's from that same lovely gnutls manual. mwah 🎀

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