Re: Where do we stand on 9.3 bugs?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Where do we stand on 9.3 bugs?
Date: 2014-01-14 02:19:59
Message-ID: 26671.1389665999@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2014-01-13 17:30:55 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Despite actually dating back to 9.0, something in the 9.3.2/9.2.6
>> updates is causing users to hit it now. And for those who do hit it,
>> replication is impossible and there's no workaround.

> There have been reports about it for years if you search in the archives
> and the code around it hasn't changed for a fair bit of time, so I think
> that's just coincidence.

I looked at the commit history for 9.2 post-release, and I don't see
anything that looks related, so I also doubt the theory that some recent
change has increased the odds of this happening. I think it's more that
we now recognize the cause of what previously seemed random breakage.

regards, tom lane

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