Commit 0f8c4bc4 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Document the SSL and Kerberos are not thread-safe.

parent e2ded829
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<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
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