Re: SSPI vs MingW

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SSPI vs MingW
Date: 2007-07-23 14:34:18
Message-ID: 24327.1185201258@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> 1) Simply state that SSPI authentication in the backend cannot be built
>> with mingw, and require msvc build for it (the msvc api follows the windows
>> api, which is hardly surprising). We could add an autoconf test for it
>> that'd pick up an updated libsecur32.a file if/when mingw release an
>> update.

> I prefer this option,

+1. I grow weary of working around so many Windows-related bugs/omissions.

regards, tom lane

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