Re: Some 8.4 changes needed according to pg_migrator testing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Some 8.4 changes needed according to pg_migrator testing
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Msg-id B37AB919-717A-453E-A833-537ADB588139@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Some 8.4 changes needed according to pg_migrator testing  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On May 7, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Actually, there's another issue that comes to mind here: since we are
> relying on platform-dependent locale names, including those in the  
> dump
> is going to pose a severe problem for porting dumps across platforms
> (where "different platform" could even mean "different libc release").
> We're already at risk with respect to dumps from 8.4, even without the
> above-proposed change.
>
> I am not sure what we can do about this.  Ideas?

Abandon platform-dependent locales?

Kidding! (Sort of.)

Best,

David


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