Re: OpenSSL Applink

Tom Lane wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Then I think I'd rather disable use of client certs for the offending
>>> openssl versions in libpq, or let the apps die and refer the customers
>>> to the openssl people to lobby them for a sane solution.
>
>> If this were 8.0 I'd agree, but thats not a nice solution for those
>> already using client certs (such as the pgAdmin user who brought this to
>> my attention).
>
> Doesn't really matter. Even if we were willing to hack our own client
> apps like that (which I'm not), we can *not* transfer such a requirement
> onto every libpq-using application. It's just not acceptable.

*We're* not transfering any requirement. I've fixed pgAdmin for example
without any need to touch any Postgres code. If you don't want to
include the fix (which I can quite understand) it'll just mean that the
PG utilities won't work with client certs.

/D