Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use BIO functions to avoid passing FILE * pointers to OpenSSL

On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 08:42:28AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/ERR_set_mark.html
> > > says
> > > ERR_set_mark() and ERR_pop_to_mark() were added in OpenSSL 0.9.8.
> >
> > > Ooops.  Back to the drawing board.
> >
> > To get the buildfarm going again, I applied a patch that turns these
> > calls into no-ops if the local OpenSSL hasn't got the functions.
> > I'm not entirely sure if the net result is a regression for pre-0.9.8
> > OpenSSLs or not --- Magnus, any thoughts on that?
> >
>
> I thought of a compromise. We can put back a check if the file exists without using bio. That would cover some 99
percentof the messages coming out of that  
> routine, I bet. And things would still work correct in 0.9.8.

Here's an example of what I meant.

I think this can be reasonable - OpenSSL 0.9.8 is from 2005 after all, so
it's not like we're requiring something extremely new..

//Magnus