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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> Should any of these be backpatched, actually?  Based on the lack of
> complaints, it does not seem so to me, but if we are targetting a
> backpatch of the AIX port, that would be required.

There's no plan to backpatch the AIX port ... but if we can clean
up this include-path mess not too invasively, I think it might be
a good idea to back-patch that much.  I'm concerned that confusion
between <float.h> and utils/float.h might be a problem on other
platforms too.

			regards, tom lane