| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Segmentation fault using digest from pg_crypto |
| Date: | 2007-11-09 23:43:35 |
| Message-ID: | 200711092343.lA9NhZ006419@momjian.us |
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Marko Kreen wrote:
> On 11/7/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > OK, should we add a mention in the 8.2.6 release notes or put it in the
> > 8. notes and figure if someone is upgrading they will read the 8.2
> > notes? What would the description be?
>
> """
> Note about pgcrypto - the functions were made STRICT in 8.1
> and the NULL check was removed in 8.2 from C code. If some
> database still contains non-STRICT signatures from 8.0 and below,
> the functions will crash on NULL. To fix it the pgcrypto.sql
> needs to be run that will re-create the signatures.
> """
>
> Hm. Is there way to say that better?
OK, first question. How would someone have the 8.0 signatures in 8.2?
Don't they reinstall pgcrypto for every major release?
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