Re: Patch to add Heimdal kerberos support - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Peter has added the needed Kerberos fixes to CVS for 7.3.

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> > Peter, I assume this is to be applied to 7.3, right?
> >
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> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Bill Studenmund writes:
> > >
> > > > The problem I had with AC_SEARCH_LIBS was that if I don't add all of the
> > > > libraries (-lasn1 -lroken etc.) the test program won't compile, even
> > > > though the .o compiles fine. Can we make the test only depend on
> > > > generating a .o?
> > >
> > > That wouldn't tell you a whole lot about the existence of a function.  You
> > > do need to link to be able to verify that.
> > >
> > > > I'd like to make it a bug fix for 7.2 if we can, so I'd appreciate the
> > > > help. I can test any new versions of the patch. :-)
> > >
> > > The attached patch should handle the different struct members (at least it
> > > doesn't break them for me) and it doesn't gratuitously fail on libraries
> > > that are not really needed.  I haven't done anything about -lasn1 -lroken
> > > -lcrypto because I'd need to know what functions you need from there.  You
> > > should be able to get it to work when you configure thus:
> > >
> > > $ LIBS='-lasn1 -lroken -lcrypto' ./configure --with-krb5 ...other options...
> > >
> > > If you can confirm that this patch works I can check it in so it appears
> > > in whatever beta3+1 is going to be.  However, be aware that we're
> > > approaching the first release candidate, and since this issue doesn't
> > > represent a regression from 7.1 it's not going to hold up the release.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
> >
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