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