OK, I removed #include crypt.h from fe-connect.c, because as you stated,
it didn't seem needed, and was causing problems. This fix will be in 7.4.
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> I ran into the following problem building PostgreSQL 7.3.3 on Solaris
> 9 (sparc) using GCC 3.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.7b.
>
> gcc -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -fPIC -I. -I../../../src/include -I/opt/reb/include
-I/opt/sfw/include-DFRONTEND -DSYSCONFDIR='"/opt/reb/etc/postgresql"' -c -o fe-connect.o fe-connect.c
> In file included from fe-connect.c:46:
> /usr/include/crypt.h:22: error: parse error before '(' token
> /usr/include/crypt.h:22: error: parse error before "const"
> gmake[4]: *** [fe-connect.o] Error 1
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/net/cog/project/reb/src/base/postgresql/src/interfaces/libpq'
>
> This is the OpenSSH-versus-crypt.h compatibility issue that is discussed
> in doc/FAQ_Solaris thusly:
>
> 2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?
>
> When you build PostgreSQL with OpenSSL support you might get
> compilation errors in the following files:
>
> src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
> src/backend/libpq/password.c
> src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
> src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
>
> This is because of a namespace conflict between the standard
> /usr/include/crypt.h header and the header files provided by OpenSSL.
>
> Upgrading your OpenSSL installation to version 0.9.6a fixes this
> problem.
>
> Apparently the problem has come back (in limited form) in OpenSSL 0.9.7b,
> the current version of OpenSSL.
>
> I worked around the problem as follows. However, I don't offhand see
> why fe-connect.c has to include <crypt.h> at all, so perhaps a simpler
> fix is to remove the #include on all platforms.
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v
> retrieving revision 7.3.3.0
> retrieving revision 7.3.3.1
> diff -pu -r7.3.3.0 -r7.3.3.1
> --- src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c 2003/01/30 19:50:07 7.3.3.0
> +++ src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c 2003/06/12 21:06:06 7.3.3.1
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
> #ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
> #include "strdup.h"
> #endif
> -#ifdef HAVE_CRYPT_H
> +#if defined(HAVE_CRYPT_H) && !defined(des_crypt)
> #include <crypt.h>
> #endif
>
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