Re: pgsql: Fix our Windows stat() emulation to handle file sizes > 4GB.

On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 6:11 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> I wrote:
> > I'm also confused about how to document them in the release notes.
> > Alexandra should get some credit I guess for collecting and testing
> > the patches, but she's not the original author(s).
>
> After thinking for awhile, I'm going to fold all of these into one
> release-note entry:
>
> <para>
> Fix misbehavior with junction points on Windows, particularly
> in <application>pg_rewind</application> (Alexandra Wang)
> </para>
>
> <para>
> This entailed back-patching previous fixes by Thomas Munro, Peter
> Eisentraut, Alexander Lakhin, and Juan José Santamaría Flecha.
> Those changes were originally not back-patched out of caution, but
> they have been in use in later branches for long enough to deem
> them safe.
> </para>
>
> If anyone's really unhappy with that plan, let me know.
>
>

WFM, Thanks.

cheers

andrew