Re: MultiXact member wraparound protections are now enabled - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: MultiXact member wraparound protections are now enabled
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Msg-id CA+TgmoY_Lyz9b-WMimbaBWnK=eVp+7+DQnd0c++0kBGQYFtaUQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: MultiXact member wraparound protections are now enabled  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 7/22/15 4:45 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> But it seemed to me that this could be rather confusing.  I thought it
>> would be better to be explicit about whether the protections are
>> enabled in all cases.  That way, (1) if you see the message saying
>> they are enabled, they are enabled; (2) if you see the message saying
>> they are disabled, they are disabled; and (3) if you see neither
>> message, your version does not have those protections.
>
> But this is not documented, AFAICT, so I don't think anyone is going to
> be able to follow that logic.  I don't see anything in the release notes
> saying, look for this message to see how this applies to you, or whatever.

Good point.  I can't tell you what the right thing to do is, and I'm
sure there is room for debate about that.  I'm only telling you why I
did what I did.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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