how to set flags in X509_NAME_ENTRY in OpenSSL 1.1.1

[Lisa Matias <lisa.matias@xxxxxxxxx>]

With OpenSSL version 1.1.1, my previously working code is now failing with this error:

error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘X509_NAME_ENTRY {aka struct X509_name_entry_st}’

Basically, I am trying to do the following...

X509_NAME_ENTRY *nameEntry;

nameEntry = X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID (&nameEntry, nid,

                        derTagToVType (tag), buffer, bufferLength);

nameEntry->value->flags = specifiedFlags;

And the error occurs at the last line above only with this newer version of OpenSSL 1.1.1 and not with any of the older versions I have been using for many years.

Unfortunately, I do not see any function in the openssl include files such as "X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_flags(...)" which are available to use instead.

Does anyone know if there any alternative generic method in OpenSSL 1.1.1 to set flags for a X509_NAME_ENTRY, which is independent of the ASN.1 type of the X509_NAME_ENTRY?

Thanks.

Lisa.