Re: [PoC] Federated Authn/z with OAUTHBEARER - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM Wolfgang Walther <walther@technowledgy.de> wrote:
> How does the proposal with a loadable module affect a static libpq.a?

The currently proposed patch would have you package and install a
separate .so module implementing OAuth, which the staticlib would load
once when needed. Similarly to how you still have to somehow
dynamically link your static app against Curl.

As a staticlib user, how do you feel about that?

> I have not tried, yet, but is my assumption correct, that I could build
> a libpq.a with oauth/curl support on current HEAD?

Yes.

--Jacob