Jan Muszynski wrote:
> I found this thread (I'm posting here because I'm not subscribed to
> Hackers)
> http://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg85241.html
>
> which seems to be talking about this issue. I'm just wondering what the
> current status on this is. Someone I know is getting this error -(I'm not
> 100% sure what version he's running other than it's an 8.2 series,
> although I am finding out. And yes it's definitely on Windows).
>
> Does he have to wait until 8.3? Will it be fixed in 8.3? Or is it fixed in
> the latest release?
It will be fixed in 8.3. It is too risky to backpatch to 8.2.X. The
fix is in current CVS, but again that is 8.3.
> Any suggestions for a workaround? (I told him he can generate a Plain
> backup and compress the result using zip, rar, etc - will this work?)
Yes.
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