Re: invalid data in file backup_label problem on windows

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: invalid data in file backup_label problem on windows
Date: 2021-03-18 16:39:06
Message-ID: cc035f09-ef7b-0270-f8bc-e895507ffa34@pgmasters.net
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On 1/14/21 10:50 PM, Wang, Shenhao wrote:
>
>> Please feel free to, under the section "Bug fixes". This way, it
>> won't get lost in the traffic of this list.
>> --
>> Michael
>
> Thank you for your advise, added it

I'm not sure how I feel about this patch (not really a Windows person)
but I do think that you shouldn't modify the backup_label when writing
it, i.e. you should be writing backup_label in binary mode to avoid this
issue.

No objections from me if it gets committed but I'm not sure it should be
classified as a "bug fix" since the backup_label was modified from what
postgres provided, unless I am misunderstanding.

Regards,
--
-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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