Re: [HACKERS] acl problem in NetBSD/m68k

Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> grant/revoke does not work in NetBSD/m68k. This is due to the wrong
> assumption that sizeof(AclItem) is equal to 8 in all platforms. I am
> going to fix this by replacing all occurrence of sizeof(AclItem) to
> ACLITEM_SIZE (newly defined as 8 in catalog/pg_type.h). See included
> patches. If there's no objection, I will commit them. Comments?

I do not like this patch at *all*. Why is sizeof(AclItem) not the
correct thing to use? Replacing it with a hardwired "8" seems like
a step backwards --- not to mention a direct contradiction of what
you claim the patch is doing.

Perhaps the real problem is that the AclItem struct definition needs
modification? Or maybe we need a way to put a machine-dependent size
into the pg_type entry for type aclitem? The latter seems like a
good thing to be able to do on general principles.

regards, tom lane