Re: oauth support?

Hi,

On Wed, 2025-12-10 at 08:40 +0100, Troels Arvin wrote:
> I'm reading about the new OAuth support in PostgreSQL 18. It says
> PostgreSQL needs to be built using "--with-libcurl".
>
> In the PostgreSQL I get when using apt.postgresql.org, I don't see
> anything about curl in output from "ldd
> /usr/lib/postgresql/18/bin/postgres", nor from "ldd
> /usr/lib/postgresql/18/bin/psql".
>
> Should I expect to be able to use the new OAuth feature in PostgreSQL
> 18 with the packages from apt.postgresql.org? If so: Do I need to
> install a particular, extra package for it to be available?

OAuth support is in the libpq-oauth (sub)package. RPMs also split that
into -libs-oauth subpackage for security concerns over curl.

Regards,
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Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, PostgreSQL Major Contributor
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