Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2014-10-27 12:51:44 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> replication/slot.c and replication/logical/snapbuild.c use a CRC on the
>> physical slot and snapshot files. It uses the same algorithm as used e.g.
>> for the WAL. However, they are not doing the finalization step, FIN_CRC32()
>> on the calculated checksums. Not that it matters much, but it's a bit weird
>> and inconsistent, and was probably an oversight.

> Hm. Good catch - that's stupid. I wonder what to do about it. I'm
> tempted to just add a comment about it to 9.4 and fix it on master as
> changing it is essentially a catversion bump. Any objections to that?

Yeah, I think you should get it right the first time.  It hardly seems
likely that any 9.4 beta testers are depending on those files to be stable
yet.

                        regards, tom lane


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