Folks, has this been fixed?
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Tom Lane wrote:
> > Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> >> One known issue: It'll not works with 64-bit OS. We'll certainly fix this
> >> but will appreciate if somebody with access to 64-bit machine could help us.
>
> Actually, it dumps core instantly on 32-bit machines too, if they are
> pickier about alignment than Intel hardware is. You can't map
> structures onto char[] arrays that start at odd byte offsets and not
> expect trouble.
>
> I also do not trust macros like this:
>
> typedef struct {
> int32 len;
> uint16 numlevel;
> char data[1];
> } ltree;
>
> #define LTREE_HDRSIZE ( sizeof(int32) + sizeof(uint16) )
>
> because they take no account of the possibility of padding between fields.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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