Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: >> The upstream developers are not friendly to non-portable features; I >> might be able to get it added under a config option. > >Thought so. My selling point is that this feature is completely >optional: if it is compiled in, you're allowed to use a new authtype >"peer" (or so) with the "local" transport in >"/etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf". That's just like kerberos support which >is also not enabled on all systems (and the "krb[45]" authtype is >there or not, depending on that)
I have created this feature, using autoconf/configure to test if it is supported, and have sent a patch upstream. The feature will be in Debian anyway. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not." Romans 12:14
