On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 08:19:22AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, May  5, 2014 at 01:08:32PM +0000, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> >> Replace SYSTEMQUOTEs with Windows-specific wrapper functions.
> >>
> >> It's easy to forget using SYSTEMQUOTEs when constructing command strings
> >> for system() or popen(). Even if we fix all the places missing it now, it 
> >> is
> >> bound to be forgotten again in the future. Introduce wrapper functions that
> >> do the the extra quoting for you, and get rid of SYSTEMQUOTEs in all the
> >> callers.
> >>
> >> We previosly used SYSTEMQUOTEs in all the hard-coded command strings, and
> >> this doesn't change the behavior of those. But user-supplied commands, like
> >> archive_command, restore_command, COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM calls, as well as
> >> pgbench's \shell, will now gain an extra pair of quotes. That is desirable,
> >> but if you have existing scripts or config files that include an extra
> >> pair of quotes, those might need to be adjusted.
> >
> > Should this be mentioned as an incompatibility in the 9.4 release notes?
> Definitely worth mentioning.

Done with the attached applied patch.

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  EnterpriseDB                             http://enterprisedb.com

  + Everyone has their own god. +
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      <listitem>
       <para>
+       On Windows, automatically preserve quotes in command strings supplied
+       by the user (Heikki Linnakangas)
+      </para>
+ 
+      <para>
+       User commands that did their own quote preservation might need
+       adjustment, e.g.  <link
+       linkend="guc-archive-command">archive_command</link>, <link
+       linkend="restore-command">restore_command</link>, <command>COPY TO/FROM
+       PROGRAM</>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+ 
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
        Remove system column <link
        linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structfield>pg_class.reltoastidxid</></link>
        (Michael Paquier)
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