Re: Bug#95818: libpgsql2.1: should not depend on ident-server
Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
>> The upstream developers are not friendly to non-portable features; I
>> might be able to get it added under a config option.
>
>Thought so. My selling point is that this feature is completely
>optional: if it is compiled in, you're allowed to use a new authtype
>"peer" (or so) with the "local" transport in
>"/etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf". That's just like kerberos support which
>is also not enabled on all systems (and the "krb[45]" authtype is
>there or not, depending on that)
I have created this feature, using autoconf/configure to test if
it is supported, and have sent a patch upstream. The feature will be in
Debian anyway.
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Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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