> On 26 Oct 2024, at 20:10, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote:
> Rather than depend on figuring out if we are in FIPS_mode in a portable way, I think the GUC is simpler and
sufficient.Why not do that and just use a better name, e.g. legacy_crypto_enabled or something similar (bike-shedding
welcomed)as in the attached.
I'm not very enthusiastic about adding a GUC to match a system property like
that for the same reason why we avoid GUCs with transitive dependencies.
Re-reading the thread and thinking about I think the best solution would be to
split these functions off into their own extension.
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Daniel Gustafsson