Re: 7.2.1 backend crash (convert_string_datum, locale)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mats Lofkvist <mal(at)algonet(dot)se>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>
Subject: Re: 7.2.1 backend crash (convert_string_datum, locale)
Date: 2002-07-12 03:15:42
Message-ID: 6446.1026443742@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mats Lofkvist <mal(at)algonet(dot)se> writes:
> When testing postgres 7.2.1 on a sparc/solaris8 box with
> --enable-locale --enable-multibyte I get a crash in
> convert_string_datum.

This smells like a problem that we chased down awhile back, that
snprintf on Solaris is broken (it will write past the end of the
specified buffer length, thus corrupting adjacent data).

Andrew, I think that was your test case we found it on. Do you
recall if a fix is available from Sun?

regards, tom lane

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