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Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 at 17:15, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Looks plausible by eyeball (I've not tested).

> So, I have back-branch patches for this ready to go. The question is,
> is it better to push now, or wait until after next week's releases?

I'd push now, given we have a failing buildfarm member.

Admittedly, there may be nobody else using that compiler out in
the real world, but we don't know that.

			regards, tom lane