Re: Not quite a security hole in internal_in

From: Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Not quite a security hole in internal_in
Date: 2009-06-09 18:23:44
Message-ID: 65937bea0906091123l7caf5d54o4d72cd4d39d6f3c3@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> This will ensure the fix is in place and protecting future coding,
> >> although possibly not getting enforced in 8.4 production instances that
> >> were upgraded from beta (if there are any such).
>
> > How common is this scenario? It's certainly not something I ever do.
>
> I would agree that it should be pretty darn rare. But even so, this
> is not a fix for an immediate bug but just safety against possible
> future bugs. So even if there is somebody out there who manages to miss
> having the fix, I think they are not at serious risk.
>
>
Can we hold it till 8.4.1? Or is that not an option?

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