Back out password packet length check.

Improve wording of pre-7.3 syntax mention.

Author: bmomjian

doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.38 2002/08/30 03:18:23 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.39 2002/08/30 16:00:41 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ ZW      ZIMBABWE
     There is no <command>COPY</command> statement in SQL92.
    </para>
    <para>
-    The following syntax was used by pre-7.3 servers and is still supported:
+    The following syntax was used by pre-7.3 applications and is still supported:
     <synopsis>
     COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
         FROM { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | <filename>stdin</filename> }

doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.59 2002/08/30 03:18:23 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.60 2002/08/30 16:00:41 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
     FOR UPDATE cannot be used in contexts where returned rows can't be clearly
     identified with individual table rows; for example it can't be used with
     aggregation.  FOR UPDATE may also appear before LIMIT for portability with
-    pre-7.3 servers.
+    pre-7.3 applications.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
 

src/backend/libpq/auth.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/auth.c,v 1.87 2002/08/29 21:50:36 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/auth.c,v 1.88 2002/08/30 16:00:41 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -709,20 +709,6 @@ recv_and_check_password_packet(Port *port)
 	if (pq_eof() == EOF || pq_getint(&len, 4) == EOF)
 		return STATUS_EOF;		/* client didn't want to send password */
 
-	/*
-	 * Since the remote client has not yet been authenticated, we need
-	 * to be careful when using the data they send us. The 8K limit is
-	 * arbitrary, and somewhat bogus: the intent is to ensure we don't
-	 * allocate an enormous chunk of memory.
-	 */
-
-	if (len < 1 || len > 8192)
-	{
-		elog(LOG, "Invalid password packet length: %d; "
-			 "must satisfy 1 <= length <= 8192", len);
-		return STATUS_EOF;
-	}
-
 	initStringInfo(&buf);
 	if (pq_getstr(&buf) == EOF) /* receive password */
 	{