Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >>> Could pg_migrator detect usage of "objects" oids (data types in
> >>> relation, index opclass, ...) that are unknown to be in the standard
> >>> -core + contrib distribution, and quit trying to upgrade the cluster in
> >>> this case, telling the user his database is not supported?
> >
> >> +1 on this.
> >
> >> Or at least, have it exit and say "if you know that these things are
> >> reasonably safe, run pg_migrator again with --force" or something like that.
> >
> > I don't think that anything in that line is going to be helpful.
> > What it will lead to is people mindlessly using --force (cf our
> > bad experiences with -i for pg_dump). If you can't give a *useful*
> > ie trustworthy warning/error, issuing a useless one is not a good
> > substitute.
>
> Well, in that case, error out would be a better option than doing it and
> probably fail later. And have a --force option available, but don't
> suggest it.

Uh, what doesn't error out now in pg_migrator?

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