#1128059 pg-rrule: segfaults Postgres all the time

Package:
src:pg-rrule
Source:
src:pg-rrule
Submitter:
Dominik George
Date:
2026-02-23 09:59:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1128059#5
Date:
2026-02-15 13:05:44 UTC
From:
To:
The unsafe use of libical makes Postgres crash under random
curcumstances when using this extension.

It appears not easily fixable.


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.18.9+deb14-cloud-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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#1128059#10
Date:
2026-02-23 09:57:27 UTC
From:
To:
Dear submitter,

as the package pg-rrule has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1128334

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.

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