Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I don't follow this argument. You added a config option that toggles
> whether to use the old crypt(3) method or the new md5 method.
?? If the config option works like that, I think it's wrong. There
shouldn't *be* a config option, unless it's one that turns off MD5
because the platform hasn't got int64 support. An MD5-enabled server
or client must still be able to do crypt too, in order to speak to
older clients or servers.
regards, tom lane