Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib
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Msg-id 23484.1244474702@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib  (Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>)
Responses Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib  (Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>)
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Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com> writes:
> So the case where pg_migrator still fails is when the .sql file of the
> module has changed in a way that restoring what pg_dump gives no longer
> match what the .so exposes, or if the new .so is non backward
> compatible?

Exactly.  And note that this is not pg_migrator's fault: a pg_dump
dump and reload of the database exposes the user to the same risks,
if the module author has not been careful about compatibility.
        regards, tom lane


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