Re: BUG #4869: No proper initialization of OpenSSL-Engine in libpq

Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> Lars Kanis wrote:
>>> Maybe version 2 (my initial patch) could be an alternative ?
>
>> Well, based on the "we don't know which different versions of openssl
>> it'll break with", version 2 is no better than version 3 :(
>
> Yeah, if we do anything I think it should be more like #3.
>
> I think all or most back releases of openssl are available from
> openssl.org. If someone had time to do a test compile of the proposed
> patch against all of 'em (or at least all the ones we still claim to
> support), it would salve my worries at least a bit. I'm not sure if
> that's a big task or not, though.

Well, if it's just to compile it, I guess it should even be scriptable :-)

I'm not going to volunteer for that myself since I'm not sure I'll have
the time. I can try to, but it's better if someone else has the time.

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