Re: pg_upgrade does not upgrade pg_stat_statements properly - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 06:19:56PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > I think we need to first give clear instructions on how to find out if
> > an extension update is available, and then how to update it.  I am
> > thinking we should supply a query which reports all extensions that can
> > be upgraded, at least for contrib.
> 
> I suggested awhile ago that pg_upgrade should look into
> pg_available_extensions in the new cluster, and prepare
> a script with ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE commands for
> anything that's installed but is not the (new cluster's)
> default version.

OK, done in this patch.  I am assuming that everything that shows an
update in pg_available_extensions can use ALTER EXTENSION UPDATE.  I
assume this would be backpatched to 9.6.

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