Thread: BUG #16250: As the owner of a database, I can't CREATE EXTENSION postgis;

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      16250
Logged by:          Randy Strauss
Email address:      randolph.a.strauss@nasa.gov
PostgreSQL version: 10.5
Operating system:   Mac
Description:

The documentation looks identical for 10.5 and 12 with respect to
extensions.

There's no point being able to create a database if one can't add the
extensions one needs.
We need postgis,  postgis_topology,  uuid-ossp,  hstore
How about adding a privilege to control this, instead of forcing the
superuser password to be given out?

I don't know if this is a bug. I don't see it on the FAQ or TODO list...
I don't see a "requires superuser" field in the pg_extension table...

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> There's no point being able to create a database if one can't add the
> extensions one needs.
> We need postgis,  postgis_topology,  uuid-ossp,  hstore
> How about adding a privilege to control this, instead of forcing the
> superuser password to be given out?

This is being worked on [1][2].

            regards, tom lane

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/5889.1566415762%40sss.pgh.pa.us
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/32315.1580326876%40sss.pgh.pa.us