Re: psql \ir filename normalization

Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> >> Argh. ?The root of the problem here seems to be that
> >> >> join_path_components() feels entitled to arbitrarily insert a pathname
> >> >> separator at the front of the output string even if its first input
> >> >> didn't begin with one originally. ?Lame!
> >> >
> >> > The attached patch fixes this report, I think.
> >>
> >> Looks sensible. ?Keep in mind we need to back-patch this.
> >
> > Oh. ?Well, with no bug reports about it, does that make sense? ?Do we
> > have any code that relies on the old behavior?
>
> Oh, wait a minute. I was thinking \ir was in 9.1, but it's not: it
> was committed after the branch. So I guess this only needs to be
> fixed in master, which is much less scary.

Agreed. I realize it is wrong but I have no idea what impact fixing it
in back branches might have, or people who are relying on the broken
behavior in some way.

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