crypto: remove wildcard options for checkEmail

tniessen · danielleadams · commit 26cd8b3b9581 · 2022-03-03T12:37:56.000-05:00
Wildcard options do not affect X509_check_email. Refs: openssl/openssl#17536 Refs: #41571 PR-URL: #41599 Reviewed-By: Tierney Cyren <hello@bnb.im> Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <panva.ip@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -2471,15 +2471,21 @@ added: v15.6.0
 
 <!-- YAML
 added: v15.6.0
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/41599
+    description: The `wildcards`, `partialWildcards`, `multiLabelWildcards`, and
+                 `singleLabelSubdomains` options have been removed since they
+                 had no effect.
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/41569
+    description: The subject option can now be set to `'default'`.
 -->
 
 * `email` {string}
 * `options` {Object}
-  * `subject` {string} `'always'` or `'never'`. **Default:** `'always'`.
-  * `wildcards` {boolean} **Default:** `true`.
-  * `partialWildcards` {boolean} **Default:** `true`.
-  * `multiLabelWildcards` {boolean} **Default:** `false`.
-  * `singleLabelSubdomains` {boolean} **Default:** `false`.
+  * `subject` {string} `'default'`, `'always'`, or `'never'`.
+    **Default:** `'always'`.
 * Returns: {string|undefined} Returns `email` if the certificate matches,
   `undefined` if it does not.
 
