Hi hackers,
Currently, if you attempt to use CREATE EXTENSION for an extension
that is not installed, you'll see something like the following:
postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION does_not_exist;
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/does_not_exist.control": No
suchfile or directory
I suspect this ERROR message is confusing for novice users, so perhaps
we should add a HINT. With the attached patch, you'd see the
following:
postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION does_not_exist;
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/does_not_exist.control": No
suchfile or directory
HINT: This typically indicates that the specified extension is not installed on the system.
Thoughts?
Nathan
