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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_restore loops forever past EOF for corrupt custom archive files
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Msg-id 22424.1186331741@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_restore loops forever past EOF for corrupt custom archive files  ("Chad Wagner" <chad.wagner@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: pg_restore loops forever past EOF for corrupt custom archive files  ("Chad Wagner" <chad.wagner@gmail.com>)
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"Chad Wagner" <chad.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch modifies the ReadStr function in pg_backup_archiver.c to validate
> the result of *AH->ReadBufPtr matches the value of l.

If we're trying to defend against premature EOF, this hardly seems like
a sufficient patch.

            regards, tom lane

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