Enable SSL library detection via PQsslAttribute()

Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>

Commit: ebc8b7d4416d8e0dfb7c05132ef6182fd3daf885
Author: Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-03-29T12:02:45Z
Releases: 15.0
Enable SSL library detection via PQsslAttribute()

Currently, libpq client code must have a connection handle
before it can query the "library" SSL attribute.  This poses
problems if the client needs to know what SSL library is in
use before constructing a connection string.

Allow PQsslAttribute(NULL, "library") to return the library
in use -- currently, just "OpenSSL" or NULL. The new behavior
is announced with the LIBPQ_HAS_SSL_LIBRARY_DETECTION feature
macro, allowing clients to differentiate between a libpq that
was compiled without SSL support and a libpq that's just too
old to tell.

Author: Jacob Champion <pchampion@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/4c8b76ef434a96627170a31c3acd33cbfd6e41f1.camel@vmware.com

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