Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> The issue is *not* about GSSAPI vs krb5. It's with GSSAPI vs SSPI.
> The wire protocol is the same for them. It's a matter of which *client
> library* should be used to produce the packets that go over the network.
Oh, they're fully interchangeable at the wire level? Is this true both
with respect to the PG client/backend protocol and the protocol to the
authentication server? If there's no interoperability issues then I
agree that a configure-time choice is sufficient for selecting which
library to use.
regards, tom lane