Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9D2475956 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:07:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.libertyrms.com (unknown [209.167.124.227]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F5147592C for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:07:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from andrew by mail.libertyrms.com with local (Exim 3.22 #3 (Debian)) id 17w7l8-0007pC-00 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:07:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:07:18 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: 7.2.3 fixes (was Re: Cause of missing pg_clog files) Message-ID: <20020930170718.Z5848@mail.libertyrms.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org References: <8183.1033166430@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200209280030.g8S0UcR16258@candle.pha.pa.us> <20020930103138.C1405@mail.libertyrms.com> <21492.1033399107@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <21492.1033399107@sss.pgh.pa.us>; from tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:18:27AM -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200209/1801 X-Sequence-Number: 29758 On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:18:27AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > use 7.3beta1 has had). On the third hand, the patch only does something > if mktime() has already failed, so it's hard to see how it could make > life worse even if it's buggy. On those grounds alone, it seems worth putting in. As you say, it's hard to see how it can be worse than not putting it in, even if it turns out to be buggy. It's probably worth noting prominently in the release notes that it has received minimal testing, though. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110