Jan Wieck <janwieck@Yahoo.com> writes:
> For now we have oid's 1-16383 hardwired from the bki files.
> Some 16384-xxxxx get allocated by initdb after bootstrap, so
> we just need to bump the oid counter at the end of initdb (by
> some bootstrap interface command) to lets say 32768 and
> reject any attempt to touch an object with a lower oid.
What do you mean by "touch"? The system catalogs certainly can't
be made read-only in general.
AFAIK we already have sufficient defenses against unwanted hackery on
the system catalogs, and so I don't really see a need for another level
of checking.
regards, tom lane
