Error in 18.4 release notes

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Subject: Error in 18.4 release notes
Date: 2026-05-15 09:15:36
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-4.html
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The 18.4 release notes say this: "Use timing-safe string comparisons in
authentication code (Michael Paquier) Use timingsafe_bcmp() instead of
memcpy() or strcmp() when checking passwords, ..."

I think that should be memcmp() instead of memcpy().

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