Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As of 7.2 we are only going to recommend crypt for backward
> compatibility with older releases. I will add a mention in libpq docs
> that crypt authentication is not thread-safe. Even when crypt did work
> it wasn't always portable between OS's. Is that how we want to go?
I really think that a mention in the docs (in the part where libpq
re-entrancy is discussed) is sufficient. Especially given how close
we are to 7.2 release. I would not favor adding a configure check
now, even if Federico had the patch ready to go...
regards, tom lane
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