Re: pgsql: revert removal of hex_decode() from ecpg from commit c3826f831e - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: revert removal of hex_decode() from ecpg from commit c3826f831e
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Msg-id 1080732.1608852356@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pgsql: revert removal of hex_decode() from ecpg from commit c3826f831e  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> revert removal of hex_decode() from ecpg from commit c3826f831e
> ecpglib on certain platforms can't handle the pg_log_fatal calls from
> libraries.  This was reported by the buildfarm.  It needs a refactoring
> and return value change if it is later removed.

Just for the record: even without the link failures, this was a pretty
awful idea.  ecpglib has no business calling pg_log_fatal(), much less
exit().

            regards, tom lane



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