Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD
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Msg-id 53872488.6050702@gmx.net
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 5/27/14, 10:37 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I'm not terribly happy about pushing such a change post-beta1 either,
> but it's not like this isn't something we've known was needed.  Anyway,
> what's the worst case if we find a bug here?  Tell people not to use
> uuid-ossp?

Mainly some more discussion time would have been nice.  Also, while the
old ossp-based uuid was broken in some cases, it had a well-defined
workaround.  The new code introduces a whole new dimension of potential
portability issues.



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