Re: libpq does not manage SSL callbacks properly when other libraries are involved.

Russell Smith wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > PoolSnoopy wrote:
> >
> >> this bug is really some annoyance if you use automatic build environments.
> >> I'm using phpunit to run tests and as soon as postgres is involved the php
> >> cli environment segfaults at the end. this can be worked around by disabling
> >> ssl but it would be great if the underlying bug got fixed.
> >>
> >
> > This is PHP's bug, isn't it?  Why are you complaining here
> No, this is a problem with the callback/exit functions used by
> PostgreSQL.  We setup callback functions when we use SSL, if somebody
> else uses SSL we can create a problem.

Ok, so it seems you're correct; there is more evidence to be found by
searching other projects' mailing lists, for example as a starting point
http://markmail.org/search/?q=+CRYPTO_set_locking_callback%28NULL%29

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