Re: PostgreSQL and Kerberos 5 on Solaris

I cannot find krb5_encrypt() referenced anywhere in configure, or
anywhere else in CVS HEAD, nor in any of the back branches.

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Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> Never saw a followup on this.
>
> I'd suggest krb5_init_context() since it's the first thing any
> Kerberos app needs to do, and the returned context value is used on
> 99% of all other calls. That's assuming that there aren't other
> kerberos checks that make it unnecessary of course.
>
> On Jul 2, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > James Gates <James(dot)Gates(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> >> Does anyone know why the check for krb5_encrypt() exists in configure
> >> when the code doesn't use it?
> >
> > At the time it was chosen, it was probably a reasonable choice of
> > function to probe for to make sure Kerberos libraries are present.
> > Do you have a better suggestion?
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
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