On 11/29/21, 1:03 PM, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> If we issue the hint only for errno == ENOENT, I think we could be
> less wishy-washy (and if it's not ENOENT, the hint is likely
> inappropriate anyway). I'm thinking something more like
>
> HINT: This means the extension is not installed on the system.
Good idea.
> I'm not quite satisfied with the "on the system" wording, but I'm
> not sure of what would be better. I agree that we can't just say
> "is not installed", because people will confuse that with whether
> it is installed within the database.
Right. The only other idea I have at the moment is to say something
like
This means the extension is not available[ on the system].
I don't know whether that is actually any less confusing, though.
Nathan
