[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Tag refs/tags/REL9_6_RC1 was created

2016-08-30 Thread pgsql
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[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix a bunch of places that called malloc and friends with no NUL

2016-08-30 Thread Tom Lane
Fix a bunch of places that called malloc and friends with no NULL check. Where possible, use palloc or pg_malloc instead; otherwise, insert explicit NULL checks. Generally speaking, these are places where an actual OOM is quite unlikely, either because they're in client programs that don't alloca

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Simplify correct use of simple_prompt().

2016-08-30 Thread Tom Lane
Simplify correct use of simple_prompt(). The previous API for this function had it returning a malloc'd string. That meant that callers had to check for NULL return, which few of them were doing, and it also meant that callers had to remember to free() the string later, which required extra logic

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix initdb misbehavior when user mis-enters superuser password.

2016-08-30 Thread Tom Lane
Fix initdb misbehavior when user mis-enters superuser password. While testing simple_prompt() revisions, I happened to notice that current initdb behaves rather badly when --pwprompt is specified and the user miskeys the second password. It complains about the mismatch, does "rm -rf" on the data

[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix initdb misbehavior when user mis-enters superuser password.

2016-08-30 Thread Tom Lane
Fix initdb misbehavior when user mis-enters superuser password. While testing simple_prompt() revisions, I happened to notice that current initdb behaves rather badly when --pwprompt is specified and the user miskeys the second password. It complains about the mismatch, does "rm -rf" on the data

[COMMITTERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Split hash.h → hash_xlog.h

2016-08-30 Thread Robert Haas
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Alvaro Herrera >> wrote: >> > Split hash.h → hash_xlog.h >> >> I hope we're not going to make a regular habit of using Unicode glyphs >> in our commit messages > > Well, why not?