[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8570) Authentification should be compiled on default (Was: no auth for gtk2 client)

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8570 >

Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8570 >
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> 
>>2. It would require the user to compile things like server/userdb/lockfile.c
>>into their server all the time. That might be horrible. I haven't thought
>>about it a whole lot.
> 
> What is rarely compiled, quickly bitrots. What is often compiled, is
> quickly fixed.
> 
> I say put it in.

The client should always have support for authentication.  The server 
does not have to.  So there should be no need to compile this server 
file just to get client support.

jason