Re: pgcrypto 'cryptsrc' in Makefile: what is that?

From: Marko Kreen <marko(at)l-t(dot)ee>
To: "Colin E(dot) Freas" <cef6(at)georgetown(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgcrypto 'cryptsrc' in Makefile: what is that?
Date: 2005-08-26 08:41:44
Message-ID: 20050826084144.GA5778@l-t.ee
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 07:31:54PM -0400, Colin E. Freas wrote:
>
> In the Makefile for pgcrypto there's a cryptsrc variable you can set to
> 'builtin' or 'system'.
>
> Makefile only references the variable when it's set to 'builtin'... I
> can't figure out what it's supposed to do when set to 'system'.

See the 'else' branch.

> Anyone happen to know?

It makes pgcrypto use libc's crypt() instead of builtin code.

It is rather pointless option. It is removed in 8.1.

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marko

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