Remove contrib/chkpass

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

Commit: 5d3cad564729f64d972c5c803ff34f0eb40bfd0c
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2017-09-22T15:49:48Z
Releases: 11.0
Remove contrib/chkpass

The recent addition of a test suite for this module revealed a few
problems.  It uses a crypt() method that is no longer considered secure
and doesn't work anymore on some platforms.  Using a volatile input
function violates internal sanity check assumptions and leads to
failures on the build farm.

So this module is neither a usable security tool nor a good example for
an extension.  No one wanted to argue for keeping or improving it, so
remove it.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/5645b0d7-cc40-6ab5-c553-292a91091ee7%402ndquadrant.com

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