Re: Broken CIDR: no fix in 7.4.6?

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:37:24AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alexander M. Pravking wrote:
> >
> > As been said, in 7.4.5 CIDR data type has been accepted values with
> > non-zero bits to the right of >24-bit mask:
> >
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2004-10/msg00081.php
> >
> > In CVS head src/backend/utils/adt/network.c (1.54) has a fix by Bruce,
> > but 7.4.6 still has 1.47.2.1 with no fix.
> >
> > I wonder if I can safely use diff -r1.53 -r1.54 .../network.c to patch
> > 7.4.6 sources...
>
> Yes, you can, but you should be sure all your existing data is clean or
> you will have problems with revalidating some of your data. We didn't
> backpatch this fix because it was something that might break existing
> bad data that got into your system.

Good point.
Of course, I'll check, thanks.

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Fduch M. Pravking