Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > While we have installed a Win32-specific semaphore implementation for
> > CVS HEAD, what do we want do apply for the back branches, 8.0.X and
> > 8.1.X. Is this the patch that should be applied?
>
> Leave 'em alone. That code has zero field validation, and should
> certainly not get shipped until it's survived a beta-test cycle.
Uh, this is a bug fix, and the patch I am asking about is not the Win32
semaphore reimplementation but a more limited fix. Here is the problem
report:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2006-04/msg00101.php
The test request:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2006-04/msg00251.php
and the successful test run:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2006-05/msg00002.php
We don't require bug fixes to go through beta testing.
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