Re: [BUGS] BUG #1270: stack overflow in thread in fe_getauthname

Hi Tom,

How many of these platforms you use are POSIX-compliant? This
information came from the POSIX web site (NOT THE DIGITAL/COMPAQ/HP/...
WEBSITE). Sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) is supported by Solaris 2.5,
SCO UNIX (circa 1999!), Digital UNIX/Compaq Tru64 UNIX, FreeBSD, AIX,
HP-UX, and probably many more.

Maybe the non-compliant platforms should be catered for as "legacy" with
support code in the "ports" area, and those that do adhere to open
standards can be accommodated without breaking existing production
applications.

Thanks
Peter

Tom Lane wrote:

>Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
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>>OK, we got a report. I just thinkg 8192 is excessive for that
>>structure, and if someone is having a problem, others might as well.
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>>>On Tru64 UNIX, sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) returns 1024.
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>I'd be more impressed by this line of reasoning if _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
>were defined on more than one of the platforms I use...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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