Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sync tzload() and tzparse() APIs with IANA release tzcode2016c. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sync tzload() and tzparse() APIs with IANA release tzcode2016c.
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Msg-id 31133.1459259312@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sync tzload() and tzparse() APIs with IANA release tzcode2016c.  (Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sync tzload() and tzparse() APIs with IANA release tzcode2016c.
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Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net> writes:
> Anyway, I think Michael's fix is wrong. The bug is that the Win32 
> version of link() (at the bottom of zic.c) does not set errno if its 
> attempt to copy the file fails, so what dolink() puts into link_errno is 
> bogus.

Ah-hah, that explains things nicely.  The previous coding in dolink()
wasn't so dependent on link() returning a valid errno on failure.

> Patch attached.

But then, should not this code make sure that errno *always* gets set?
I'd be inclined to think we should use _dosmaperr(), too, rather than
hand-coding it.
        regards, tom lane



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