Re: Another issue with invalid XML values

Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> writes:
> Patch attached.

Will check and apply this.

> I've pondered whether to add a check to configure which verifies that
> the headers match the libxml version exactly at compile time. In the end,
> I didn't do that, for two reasons. First, there isn't anything wrong with
> using older headers together with a newer libxml, so long as both versions
> are either <= 2.7.3 or > 2.7.3. And second, with such a check in place,
> the only way to exercise libxml's promised ABI compatibility is to upgrade
> the libxml 2package after compiling postgres. That, however, is unlikely
> to happen except on production servers, and so by adding the check we'd
> increase the chance of ABI-compatibility problems remaining undetected
> during development and testing.

I concur with *not* doing that.

regards, tom lane