Re: port/snprintf.c (was Re: Numeric 508 datatype)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: port/snprintf.c (was Re: Numeric 508 datatype)
Date: 2005-12-05 05:25:33
Message-ID: 20289.1133760333@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Done ... let me know whether the back branches still pass regression
>> for you ;-)

> I checked back to 7.3 and everything passed. I did a cvs update,
> configure, gmake, and regression run for each branch.

[ digs a bit deeper... ] Actually, it appears that that bug didn't
exist before 8.1; it was introduced here:

2005-03-16 22:18 momjian

* src/port/snprintf.c: Factor duplicate snprintf code into
functions.

by an ill-considered removal of an unsigned local variable.

regards, tom lane

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