Re: Is there any performance penalty using --with-ssl?

Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>

From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-01-04T13:14:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
--On Friday, January 04, 2002 12:32:26 +0800 Christopher Kings-Lynne 
<chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> wrote:

>> Failure to build/run if SSL libraries are not available?
>>
>> AFAIK there is no run-time penalty, especially not if the server is
>> started without the enable-ssl switch.  But there had better be an
>> SSL library to link with.
>
> Palle - the current Postgres Port uses the 'dialog' command to present a
> menu of what people can optionally compile in.  Why not just leave it in
> that menu?

Reason is, I am invesigating the possibility of totally removing the dialog 
and split all interfaces into separate ports. There are pros and cons to 
this idea, but IMO the pros win.

/Palle