Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Robert Haas wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > > Robert Haas wrote:
> > >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > >> > Robert Haas wrote:
> > >> >> Argh. ?The root of the problem here seems to be that
> > >> >> join_path_components() feels entitled to arbitrarily insert a pathname
> > >> >> separator at the front of the output string even if its first input
> > >> >> didn't begin with one originally. ?Lame!
> > >> >
> > >> > The attached patch fixes this report, I think.
> > >>
> > >> Looks sensible. ?Keep in mind we need to back-patch this.
> > >
> > > Oh. ?Well, with no bug reports about it, does that make sense? ?Do we
> > > have any code that relies on the old behavior?
> >
> > Oh, wait a minute. I was thinking \ir was in 9.1, but it's not: it
> > was committed after the branch. So I guess this only needs to be
> > fixed in master, which is much less scary.
>
> Agreed. I realize it is wrong but I have no idea what impact fixing it
> in back branches might have, or people who are relying on the broken
> behavior in some way.
Patch applied.
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