> Tatsuo Ishii <is...@postgresql.org> writes: > > It seems between 8.4 and CVS HEAD backend responses 'E' packet > > (error/fatal message) if a startup packet sent with wrong user and/or > > database. Before backend responses 'R' packet first followd by 'E' > > packet. > > > Does anybody know why this change made? > > It's a side effect of the changes made to get rid of the flat > authorization files. Bad database is now reported before authentication > instead of after. I wouldn't have thought bad user per se would be > reported before auth, though --- you sure about that one?
No. Just a logical conjecture. So the change was made not to fix the bug(IMO). I now understand that those behavior could be changed randomly release to relase in unpredictable way. -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
