Re: [BUGS] Bug in create operator and/or initdb

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Paul Vixie <paul(at)vix(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] Bug in create operator and/or initdb
Date: 2005-02-02 17:00:05
Message-ID: 200502021700.j12H05j20872@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Paul Vixie <paul(at)vix(dot)com> writes:
> > i have two suggestions. first, look at the rest of the current source file,
> > in case there are other fixes.
>
> Right, I already grabbed the latest.
>
> > second, track changes this source file during
> > your release engineering process for each new pgsql version.
>
> Bruce, do you think this is worth adding to RELEASE_CHANGES?
> inet_net_ntop.c and inet_net_pton.c are both extracted from the BIND
> distribution. But they're hardly the only files we took from elsewhere.

Yes, I do. Most of the stuff we pull from other OS projects has
clearly-defined behavior, while inet/cidr seem to be still in flux a
little.

Added to release checklist:

* Update inet/cidr data types with newest Bind patches

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