Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD

On 2014-05-26 13:25:49 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Matteo Beccati <php@beccati.com> writes:
> > I'm attaching v2 of the patch. Here's a list of changes from v1:
> 
> > * Restored --with-ossp-uuid. Configure tries ossp support first, then
> > falls back to Linux and BSD variants

Imo should be the other way round.

> > * md5.o and sha1.o are linked only when not using the ossp library

The backend already has a md5 implementation, no?

> Assuming this works as advertised, does anyone have an objection to
> pushing it into 9.4?

I think it's a pretty bad idea. But the alternatives seem worse. We
should better get it right though if we do it.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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