On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 05:38:13PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> writes:
> >> Perhaps it is time to require HAVE_WCSTOMBS and HAVE_TOWLOWER, removing
> >> USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER?  Every buildfarm fossil has both.
> 
> > +1 ... if nothing else, there's the problem that untested code is likely
> > to be broken.  You just proved it *is* broken, of course, but my point
> > is that even if we repaired the immediate damage we could have little
> > confidence in it staying fixed.

That would be easy enough to ensure by adding ac_cv_func_towlower=no to some
buildfarm animal.  But the real-world need for said code is clearly dead and
gone.  Good riddance.

> Meanwhile, I see that Peter has posted a fix for the immediate problem.
> I propose that Peter should apply his fix in HEAD and v10, and then
> I'll rip out the !USE_WIDE_UPPER_LOWER code paths in HEAD only.

That works for me.


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