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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index 8e32c368..4bb1461d 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ each supported Python version and run the tests. For example: You may not have all the required Python versions installed, in which case you will see one or more ``InterpreterNotFound`` errors. + +Explicit Backend Selection +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +While testing you may want to run tests against a subset of the backends that +cryptography supports. Explicit backend selection can be done via the +``--backend`` flag. This flag should be passed to ``py.test`` with a comma +delimited list of backend names. To use it with ``tox`` you must pass it as +``tox -- --backend=openssl``. + Building Documentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst index 404573a3..a1f2d28a 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst @@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ The `OpenSSL`_ C library. .. data:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend - This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has no public attributes. + This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has one public attribute. + + .. attribute:: name + + The string name of this backend: ``"openssl"`` Using your own OpenSSL on Linux ------------------------------- |