Re: Allow 'sslkey' and 'sslcert' in postgres_fdw user mappings

On 2019-12-02 00:12, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 11/30/19 8:48 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 07:54:41PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> This patch achieves $SUBJECT and also provides some testing of the
>>> sslpassword setting.
>> The patch does not apply anymore, so a rebase is needed. As it has
>> not been reviewed, I am moving it to next CF, waiting on author.
>
> That's OK. This patch is dependent, as it always has been, on the patch
> to allow passwordless user mappings for postgres_fdw. I hope to commit
> that soon, but I'd prefer some signoff from prominent hackers, as I
> don't want to go too far down this road and then encounter a bunch of
> objections.

The prerequisite patch has been committed, so please see about getting
this patch moving forward.

The patch is very small, of course, but I don't understand the "bit of a
hack" comment. Could you explain that?

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