Re: Another issue with invalid XML values

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@2ndQuadrant.com>, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-07-26T19:44:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org> writes:
> Patch attached.

Will check and apply this.

> I've pondered whether to add a check to configure which verifies that
> the headers match the libxml version exactly at compile time. In the end,
> I didn't do that, for two reasons. First, there isn't anything wrong with
> using older headers together with a newer libxml, so long as both versions
> are either <= 2.7.3 or > 2.7.3. And second, with such a check in place,
> the only way to exercise libxml's promised ABI compatibility is to upgrade
> the libxml 2package after compiling postgres. That, however, is unlikely
> to happen except on production servers, and so by adding the check we'd
> increase the chance of ABI-compatibility problems remaining undetected
> during development and testing.

I concur with *not* doing that.

			regards, tom lane