On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:36:19AM -0400, Dave Cramer wrote:
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> I have an issue with the fragment "whether they are from contrib" - my
> understanding at this point is that because of the way we package and
> version contrib it should not be necessary to copy those shared object
> files from the old to the new server (maybe, just maybe, with a
> qualification that you are upgrading between two versions that were in
> support during the same time period).
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> Just to clarify. In no case are binaries copied from the old server to the new
> server. Whether from contrib or otherwise.
Right. Those are _binaries_ and therefore made to match a specific
Postgres binary. They might work or might not, but copying them is
never a good idea --- they should be recompiled to match the new server
binary, even if the extension had no version/API changes.
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