On 2018-08-17 14:38:41 +0000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Fix configure's snprintf test so it exposes HP-UX bug.
>
> Since commit e1d19c902, buildfarm member gharial has been failing with
> symptoms indicating that snprintf sometimes returns -1 for buffer
> overrun, even though it passes the added configure check. Some
> google research suggests that this happens only in limited cases,
> such as when the overrun happens partway through a %d item. Adjust
> the configure check to exercise it that way. Since I'm now feeling
> more paranoid than I was before, also make the test explicitly verify
> that the buffer doesn't get physically overrun.
>
> Branch
> ------
> master
>
> Details
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> https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/9bed827b18cc4f27fb7cd7c02ad301519eca6d29
>
> Modified Files
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> config/c-library.m4 | 11 ++++++++---
> configure | 9 ++++++---
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Afaictl this does not seem to have done the trick, gharial is still red?
Greetings,
Andres Freund
