Re: Segmentation fault using digest from pg_crypto

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Marko Kreen wrote:
> > On 8/24/07, Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx> wrote:

> > > If something is not going a work (or is going a work in a different
> > > way) in some version after loading a shot form a previous one I think
> > > it should be documented or some kind of backwards compatibility
> > > mechanism should be provided.
> >
> > That's a valid complaint and I take the blame.
> >
> > The problem was that such "evolution" was not actually planned.
> > So when I noticed the 8.2 commit, I did not think of the implications
> > hard enough to realize the need for release note for it.
> >
> > Tom, how about putting a note about that into next 8.2 minor
> > release notes? (8.3 too?) Something like "You need to refresh
> > pgcrypto functions, because since rel 8.2 the code depends
> > on functions being tagged STRICT."
>
> Seems 8.2.5 was released without this release notes mention, but we
> haven't gotten any complaints about it so perhaps we don't need to add
> anything.

Huh, I see exactly that complaint above.

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