Re: [HACKERS] Bug on pg_lesslog

Thank you very much for the advice.   Yes I think it should go to
announce.   I will post a message.
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Koichi Suzuki



2010/2/12 Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 23:39 +0900, Koichi Suzuki wrote:
>
>
> Dear Folks;
>
> A very serious bug was reported on pg_lesslog.   So far, I found it's
> a bug in pg_compresslog.   Please do not use pg_compresslog and
> pg_decompresslog until improved version is uploaded.
>
> I strongly advise to take base backup of your database.
>
> I apologize for inconvenience.   I'll upload the new version ASAP.
>
>
> Should this go out on announce?
>
>
> I certainly think so.  Anyone who gets caught "by surprise" on this could
> quite possibly lose all their data!
>
> I (fortunately) caught it during TESTING of my archives - before I needed
> them.
>
> -- Karl Denninger
>
>