Re: warn if GUC set to an invalid shared library - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: warn if GUC set to an invalid shared library
Date
Msg-id 527891.1667223785@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: warn if GUC set to an invalid shared library  (Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>)
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Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 04:12:33PM -0700, Maciek Sakrejda wrote:
>> Also, for what it's worth, I think requiring the libraries to be in
>> place before running ALTER SYSTEM does not really seem that onerous. I
>> can't really think of use cases it precludes.

> Right now, it's allowed to set the GUC before installing the shlib.
> That's a supported case (see the 11 month old messages toward the
> beginning of this thread).

Yeah, I am afraid that you will break assorted dump/restore and
pg_upgrade scenarios if you insist on that.

            regards, tom lane



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