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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 17 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 296611d4256..98594a487e6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1097,6 +1097,23 @@ su - postgres </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--disable-strong-random</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Allow the build to succeed even if <productname>PostgreSQL</> + has no support for strong random numbers on the platform. + A source of random numbers is needed for some authentication + protocols, as well as some routines in <xref linkend="pgcrypto"> + module. --disable-strong-random disables functionality that + requires cryptographically strong random numbers, and substitutes + a weak pseudo-random-number-generator for the generation of + authentication salt values and query cancel keys. It may make + authentication less secure. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--disable-thread-safety</option></term> <listitem> <para> |