Re: [BUGS] Crash report for some ICU-52 (debian8) COLLATE andwork_mem values - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [BUGS] Crash report for some ICU-52 (debian8) COLLATE andwork_mem values
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Msg-id 686574df-66c0-600f-6c62-3f2560ce92a3@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: [BUGS] Crash report for some ICU-52 (debian8) COLLATE andwork_mem values  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
Responses Re: [BUGS] Crash report for some ICU-52 (debian8) COLLATE andwork_mem values  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 8/6/17 17:17, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> I  wonder if it's worth considering distrusting ucol_strcollUTF8() on
> some ICU versions that prove to not be up to snuff. The function has
> only been around since ICU-50, released in late 2012. We could have
> something like a TRUST_UCOL_STRCOLLUTF8 override for
> HAVE_UCOL_STRCOLLUTF8. This might make sense as a compromise between
> not supporting somewhat older ICU versions and doing nothing at all.

I can confirm that that avoids the crash in ICU 52, so it's something to
consider.  We would need more testing about which other ICU versions are
affected, however.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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