Re: Debian readline/libedit breakage

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> > On 02/17/2011 04:09 PM, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> >> This is supported. Where it goes wonky is that this also has to work
> >> when the connection is via SSL. So libpq provides a function to return
> >> (via a void*) a pointer to the OpenSSL structure so that can be used to
> >> communicate with the server.
> 
> > Ugh. Maybe not the best design decision we've ever made.
> 
> libpq-fe.h is pretty clear on this matter:
> 
> /* Get the OpenSSL structure associated with a connection. Returns NULL for
>  * unencrypted connections or if any other TLS library is in use. */
> extern void *PQgetssl(PGconn *conn);
> 
> We are under no compulsion to emulate OpenSSL if we switch to another
> library.  The design intent is that we'd provide a separate function
> (PQgetnss?) and callers that know how to use that library would call
> that function.  If they don't, it's not our problem.

Who uses this?  ODBC?

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