From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: configure && --with
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Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> writes:
> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, abril 08, 2026 a las 10:59:29a. m. -0400, To=
m Lane escribi=C3=B3:
>> You don't actually need to worry about that.  It's only trying to
>> report the result of "openssl version" for documentation's sake.
>> We don't use that executable for anything beyond that.

> Ok, fine with me. But the implementation of '--with-libraries' is wrong
> or at least the documentation needs clarification if this implementation
> is intentionally.

[ shrug... ]  I do not think it's incumbent on us to work with
broken openssl installations.  If your openssl doesn't cope
with being run without any special LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting,
you need to rethink how you're building it.

			regards, tom lane