From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:23:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Avoid trying to print a NULL char pointer in --describe-config.  On some
X-Git-Tag: REL8_3_1~48
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=babbd1219e0e29f67343be2746941e9aa1767f54;p=postgresql

Avoid trying to print a NULL char pointer in --describe-config.  On some
platforms this works, but on some it crashes.  Zdenek Kotala
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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c
index 0c27f96dee..a6732c7c1e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c,v 1.19 2008/01/01 19:45:54 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/help_config.c,v 1.19.2.1 2008/02/23 19:23:37 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ printMixedStruct(mixedStruct *structToPrint)
 
 		case PGC_STRING:
 			printf("STRING\t%s\t\t\t",
-				   structToPrint->string.boot_val);
+				   structToPrint->string.boot_val ? structToPrint->string.boot_val : "");
 			break;
 
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