As been said, in 7.4.5 CIDR data type has been accepted values with
non-zero bits to the right of >24-bit mask:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql...0/msg00081.php

In CVS head src/backend/utils/adt/network.c (1.54) has a fix by Bruce,
but 7.4.6 still has 1.47.2.1 with no fix.

I wonder if I can safely use diff -r1.53 -r1.54 .../network.c to patch
7.4.6 sources...


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Alexander M. Pravking wrote:
Yes, you can, but you should be sure all your existing data is clean or
you will have problems with revalidating some of your data. We didn't
backpatch this fix because it was something that might break existing
bad data that got into your system.

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On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:37:24AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Good point.
Of course, I'll check, thanks.


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