Magnus Hagander wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The code is there, actually, it's just #ifdef NOT_USED :-) From a *long* > >> time ago, and the commit message just says "silence compiler warnings", > >> so I've not managed to figure out why... > > > > I think the commit you're looking for is this one: > > > > 2002-09-26 00:41 momjian > > > > * doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml, src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c, > > src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c: Allow SSL to work withouth > > client-side certificate infrastructure. > > > > so you'd probably need to root around in the archives from around then > > to see why this was considered a good idea. > > No, that's not the one. It's the one after that one, at: > > http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c.diff?r1=1.14;r2=1.15 > > In general, that code needs a look-over, I think. There may be more > changes required.
I found the reason for the patch; the SSL guy at that time, "Bear", disappeared, and our code required SSL certificates at that point, so I removed the requrement: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-09/msg01522.php I will work with Magnus on cleaning this up. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs