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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches
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Msg-id 10845.1177976918@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  ("Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>)
Responses Re: Fwd: [PATCHES] Preliminary GSSAPI Patches  ("Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>)
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"Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
> I tend to regard this as a comparable migration to the Kerb4 -> Kerb5  
> one.  In time it should be a complete replacement.  In time we will  
> be able to rip out the existing Kerb5 code.

Why "in time" and not immediately?  Are there platforms that don't
support the GSSAPI interface?  If so, how would we ever retire the
old code?
        regards, tom lane

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