Setting ignore_system_indexes=off in postgresql.conf has the effect of
making almost all regression tests fail during a "make installcheck".
This is unsurprising, since warnings are emitted all over the place.
However, some of the specific ways in which it fails *are* surprising.
I see the following regressions.diff, for the create_view tests:
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*** 1711,1714 ****
DROP SCHEMA temp_view_test CASCADE;
NOTICE: drop cascades to 27 other objects
DROP SCHEMA testviewschm2 CASCADE;
! NOTICE: drop cascades to 62 other objects
--- 1725,1732 ----
DROP SCHEMA temp_view_test CASCADE;
NOTICE: drop cascades to 27 other objects
DROP SCHEMA testviewschm2 CASCADE;
! NOTICE: drop cascades to 63 other objects
! WARNING: using index "pg_toast_2618_index" despite IgnoreSystemIndexes
! WARNING: using index "pg_toast_2618_index" despite IgnoreSystemIndexes
! WARNING: using index "pg_toast_2618_index" despite IgnoreSystemIndexes
! WARNING: using index "pg_toast_2618_index" despite IgnoreSystemIndexes
Why should the drop cascade to 63 objects rather than 62 because I've
set ignore_system_indexes=on? I know that the order of objects is
unspecified/unstable for the verbose DETAIL output of CASCADE, but
that's rather a different thing to the total number of objects
affected.
The same thing happens to the collate tests:
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*** 668,671 ****
--
\set VERBOSITY terse
DROP SCHEMA collate_tests CASCADE;
! NOTICE: drop cascades to 17 other objects
--- 676,679 ----
--
\set VERBOSITY terse
DROP SCHEMA collate_tests CASCADE;
! NOTICE: drop cascades to 20 other objects
--
Peter Geoghegan
