Re: [PoC] Federated Authn/z with OAUTHBEARER

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Wolfgang Walther <walther(at)technowledgy(dot)de>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>, Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Subject: Re: [PoC] Federated Authn/z with OAUTHBEARER
Date: 2025-04-08 16:14:32
Message-ID: Z_VLaJenqQ1vYsFc@momjian.us
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 06:01:42PM +0200, Wolfgang Walther wrote:
> Jacob Champion:
> > The above is discussing a patch to split this into its own loadable
> > module.
>
> Wasn't sure where to put this exactly, the thread is long and I couldn't
> find any discussion around it:
>
> How does the proposal with a loadable module affect a static libpq.a?
>
> I have not tried, yet, but is my assumption correct, that I could build a
> libpq.a with oauth/curl support on current HEAD?
>
> If yes, would that still be an option after the split?

How does this patch help us avoid having to handle curl CVEs and its
curl's additional dependencies? As I understand the patch, it makes
libpq _not_ have additional dependencies but moves the dependencies to a
special loadable library that libpq can use.

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