| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Fix pg_ctl restart bug |
| Date: | 2008-06-26 03:39:37 |
| Message-ID: | 200806260339.m5Q3dbd13330@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > However, as of 2004-10-15, this has not worked. :-( The attached patch
> > is the one that caused the bug --- on non-Unix systems, SYSTEMQUOTE is
> > "", meaning zero-length string. I should have seen the bug when I
> > applied the contributed patch in 2004.
>
> So, shouldn't this fix be back-patched?
Well, no one has actually complained about the breakage, and it has been
a few years. Also there is always the risk of a new bug being
introduced, so I am unsure.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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