From 0f8c4bc4a291cb2747ce976e236be8dc5c225b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:39:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the SSL and Kerberos are not thread-safe. --- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index ec1324c810c..82b8099a4a0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.146 2004/01/26 22:13:21 neilc Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.147 2004/03/11 02:39:10 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -3630,7 +3630,8 @@ call <function>fe_setauthsvc</function> at all. <literal>crypt()</literal> operating system function, which is often not thread-safe.<indexterm><primary>crypt</><secondary>thread safety</></> It is better to use the <literal>md5</literal> method, -which is thread-safe on all platforms. +which is thread-safe on all platforms. <application>SSL</> connections +and <application>kerberos</> authentication are also not thread-safe. </para> <para> @@ -3645,7 +3646,7 @@ completion. When <literal>--enable-thread-safety</> is used, before the first database connection if no custom <literal>SIGPIPE</> handler has been installed previously. This handler uses thread-local storage to determine if a <literal>SIGPIPE</> signal has been generated -by an internal <function>send()</>. If an application wants to install +by a libpq <function>send()</>. If an application wants to install its own <literal>SIGPIPE</> signal handler, it should call <function>PQinSend()</> to determine if it should ignore the <literal>SIGPIPE</> signal. This function is available in both -- GitLab