[Pkg-dspam-misc] Bug#731093: Bug#731093: Bug#731093: (no subject)

[Thomas Preud'homme]

Le vendredi 13 décembre 2013, 16:57:06 Thomas Preud'homme a écrit :
> 
> So I'm not sure about why there is only a single backslash for bytea values
> as string litteral but two backslashes are clearly necessary. Indeed, the
> two backslashes are first interpreted by the string litteral parser which
> leads to a single escape in the result, something of the form '\x...'. Then
> this is parsed by the bytea input which transform it into a sequence of
> bytes.
> 
> Adrien, are you familiar with gdb? If yes, would you mind helping me debug
> this issue? We could set up a meeting on IRC which would be the most
> convenient way to do it or do it over email (that would be a bit slower but
> allow for more asynchronism between us).

That might not be necessary. I checked libpq's code (the C library to use 
postgresql from a program) of the function PQescapeByteaInternal and the 
amount of backslashed depends on whether standard_conforming_strings is set to 
on or off. Since version -12 of dspam, the default value (on) is used while the 
value was set to off (by mistake) in version -11. That explains why the bug 
appears. I just need to understand why two backslashes are not present in both 
cases and I will be able to fix this bug.

So please be patient, this issue should be resolved soon.

Best regards,

Thomas