Improve non-thread-safe mention of libpq's crypt.

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Bruce Momjian 2002-01-18 20:39:04 +00:00
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<chapter id="libpq">
@ -2114,13 +2114,6 @@ time. In particular, you cannot issue concurrent queries from different
threads through the same connection object. (If you need to run
concurrent queries, start up multiple connections.)
</para>
<para>
However, <filename>libpq</filename> clients using the
<literal>crypt</literal> encryption method rely on the
<literal>crypt()</literal> operating system function, which often is not
thread-safe. It is better to use <literal>MD5</literal> encryption,
which is guarantted to be thread-safe on all platforms.
</para>
<para>
<structname>PGresult</> objects are read-only after creation, and so can be passed around
@ -2135,6 +2128,13 @@ replaced by <function>PQoidValue</function>. There is no good reason to
call <function>fe_setauthsvc</function> at all.
</para>
<para>
<filename>Libpq</filename> clients using the <literal>crypt</literal>
encryption method rely on the <literal>crypt()</literal> operating
system function, which is often not thread-safe. It is better to use
<literal>MD5</literal> encryption, which is thread-safe on all
platforms.
</para>
</sect1>