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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] BUG #1270: stack overflow in thread in fe_getauthname
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Msg-id 5074.1097364232@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [BUGS] BUG #1270: stack overflow in thread in fe_getauthname  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [BUGS] BUG #1270: stack overflow in thread in fe_getauthname
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, we got a report.  I just thinkg 8192 is excessive for that
> structure, and if someone is having a problem, others might as well.

>> On Tru64 UNIX, sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) returns 1024.

I'd be more impressed by this line of reasoning if _SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX
were defined on more than one of the platforms I use...
        regards, tom lane

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