| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PQinitSSL broken in some use casesf |
| Date: | 2009-02-10 16:14:42 |
| Message-ID: | 7782.1234282482@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> Well, you could create PQinitSSLExtended, but, as you say, the use
>>> case is pretty narrow...
>>> It would help if there were a PQgetLibraryVersion() function.
>>
>> Help how? There is nothing an app can do to work around the problem
>> AFAICS. Or if there were, we should just document it and not change
>> the code --- the use case for this is evidently too narrow to justify
>> complicating libpq's API even more.
> It would let you assert that you were running against a version of
> libpq that has the functionality that you are attempting to use, thus
> eliminating the risk of silent failure.
If that's all you want, then PQinitSSLExtended is a perfectly good
answer. Your app will fail to link if you try to use a library
version that hasn't got it.
I think documenting the workaround is a sufficient answer though.
regards, tom lane
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