doc: PQinitOpenSSL and PQinitSSL are obsolete in OpenSSL 1.1.0+

danielgustafsson · danielgustafsson · commit ea7894d33d17 · 2023-04-14T10:44:00.000+02:00
Starting with OpenSSL 1.1.0 there is no need to call PQinitOpenSSL or PQinitSSL to avoid duplicate initialization of OpenSSL. Add a note to the documentation to explain this. Backpatch to all supported versions as older OpenSSL versions are equally likely to be used for all branches. Reported-by: Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien.flaesch@4js.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/DBAP191MB12895BFFEC4B5FE0460D0F2FB0459@DBAP191MB1289.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM Backpatch-through: 11, all supported versions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -8133,6 +8133,8 @@ ldap://ldap.acme.com/cn=dbserver,cn=hosts?pgconnectinfo?base?(objectclass=*)
    that the <literal>libssl</literal> and/or <literal>libcrypto</literal> libraries
    have been initialized by your application, so that
    <application>libpq</application> will not also initialize those libraries.
+   However, this is unnecessary when using <productname>OpenSSL</productname>
+   version 1.1.0 or later, as duplicate initializations are no longer problematic.
   </para>
 
   <para>
