Re: PostgreSQL 7.3.3 with pgcrypto on FreeBSD 5.1

> > FWIW, I can confirm this, but I don't think it's a FreeBSD
> > specific problem given that the backend dies inside of an OpenSSL
> > routine.
>
> > #0  0x2864ae9c in EVP_DigestUpdate () from /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.3
> > #1  0x28576a90 in px_find_cipher () from /usr/local/lib/postgresql/pgcrypto.so
> > #2  0x2857c584 in px_crypt_md5 () from /usr/local/lib/postgresql/pgcrypto.so
>
> By chance I noticed this entry in the CVS logs:
>
> 2002-11-14 21:54  momjian
>
>     * contrib/pgcrypto/openssl.c: OpenSSL 0.9.6g in Debian/unstable
>     stopped working with pgcrypto.    This is pgcrypto bug as it assumed
>     too much about inner workings of OpenSSL.
>
>     Following patch stops pgcrypto using EVP* functions for ciphers and
>     lets it manage ciphers itself.
>
>     This patch supports Blowfish, DES and CAST5 algorithms.
>
>     Marko Kreen
>
> Perhaps the problem is that Marko didn't fix the crypt() code in the
> same way?

Ah, I think that's _very_ likely the case here...  -sc

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Sean Chittenden