pi3k14 wrote:

> I would like to make a pledge for backporting this bugfix to v1.5.x,
> and at the same time highlight the impact of this bug (also ref.
> 1343845).

Frode, are you making a plea or a pledge?

>
> _Every_ database restored from a backup is _corrupt_, it will hit you
> as strange access problems later on. If you are running a single
> database this is managable, but if this is a potential problem to 100+
> of your clients, well ... shit happens :(

For which versions (and under which circumstances) do this happen? I
restore 1.5.x backups often without seeing corruption.

> Only workaround is to copy all(infected) system generators to a
> dedicated table before backup, and restore system generators to this
> values after restore. Or set them to 10000 after first restore, 20000
> after second restore etc. etc.

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Aage J.