Re: crypt and null termination

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: crypt and null termination
Date: 2001-08-17 22:49:02
Message-ID: 200108172249.f7HMn2F27927@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Anyway, the patch is small so I will apply it. There is no telling what
> > OS's expect a character string there.
>
> There's a pretty good telling: Nobody ever reported a problem related to
> this.

We have had crypts that didn't work across platforms.

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