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Re: is_absolute_path incorrect on Windows

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-02-03T17:26:00Z
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I have reviewed is_absolute_path() and have implemented
> path_is_relative_and_below_cwd() to cleanly handle cases like 'E:abc' on
> Win32;  patch attached.

This patch appears to remove some security-critical restrictions.
Why did you delete the path_contains_parent_reference calls?

			regards, tom lane