Re: 7.4 changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: 7.4 changes
Date
Msg-id 1098169257.1113.301.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: 7.4 changes  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: 7.4 changes
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On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 02:45, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> *shrug* OK. Then plperl should probably not be regarded as being as 
> "trusted" as we would like. Note that old versions of Safe.pm  have been 
> the subject of security advisories such as this one 
> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6111/info/ for some time.

Perhaps a compromise would be to require the newer version of Safe.pm,
but leave the other changes for 8.0. Upgrading Safe.pm can presumably be
done without needing any changes to the rest of one's pl/perl code.

-Neil




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