Tom Lane wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> > Function printMixedStruct calls printf with NULL argument. It causes
> > segmentation fault. Please, apply it for 8.3 - 8.1 too.
>
> Ugh, I guess we've only tested --describe-config on platforms where
> %s treats a NULL pointer the same as an empty string.
>
> Since that's also effectively the way GUC handles it, I'm inclined
> to think we should print NULL as "" not "(NULL)". Otherwise,
> will apply.
Tom has applied this patch to CVS HEAD and all relevant back-branches.
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