Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > On 2013-07-25 11:50:47 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> So on an OpenBSD build that code wouldn't be used anyway (not even >> when talking to a pre-9.1 server, if I'm interpreting the comment >> correctly).
> As far as I understood it, it wouldn't be used as long as you're not > talking to a server on another platform that supports AUTH_REQ_SCM_CREDS > serverside. Which is pretty unlikely, I grant you that ;) But SCM_CREDS is only relevant to Unix-socket connections, so the server has to be under the same kernel as the client. > Not that it really matters, but I am slightly doubtful about the > "kfreebsd only" claim. Given the age of that code relative do kfreebsd > there at least had to be some more platforms needing that codepath at > some point. Of course. There's some historical context in the commit message for be4585b1c27ac5dbdd0d61740d18f7ad9a00e268 --- basically the point is that kfreebsd was the last live platform on which we'd use credentials messages. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs