This will be fixed in 7.4.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe Sunday wrote: > > ============================================================================ > POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE > ============================================================================ > > > Your name : Joe Sunday > Your email address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > System Configuration > --------------------- > Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : UltraSparc II > > Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Solaris 9 > > PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.4): PostgreSQL-7.4 > > Compiler used (example: gcc 2.95.2) : gcc 2.95.3 > > > Please enter a FULL description of your problem: > ------------------------------------------------ > After upgrading to 7.4 from 7.3.4, the behaviour of the netmask(inet) function > changed, > but the documentation still specifies the old behaviour (which seems more correct > than the > new version) > > Old: > netmask( '192.168.1.0/23' ) returns '255.255.254.0' > > New: > netmask( '192.168.1.0/23' ) returns '255.255.254.0/23' > > Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a > concise reproducible example, if at all possible: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Perform a SELECT using the netmask function with the example above. > > If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below: > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revert netmask to the prior behaviour, or update the documentation to match the new > behaviour. Masklen(inet) already returns just the mask length for CIDR-style > addressing, > netmask(inet) should just return a mask without the redundant length. > > -- > Joe Sunday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~sunday/ > Computer Science House, Rochester Inst. Of Technology > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
