| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Brad Nicholson <bnichols(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_migrator issue with contrib |
| Date: | 2009-06-08 15:29:52 |
| Message-ID: | 200906081529.n58FTqG06693@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> writes:
> > So the case where pg_migrator still fails is when the .sql file of the
> > module has changed in a way that restoring what pg_dump gives no longer
> > match what the .so exposes, or if the new .so is non backward
> > compatible?
>
> Exactly. And note that this is not pg_migrator's fault: a pg_dump
> dump and reload of the database exposes the user to the same risks,
> if the module author has not been careful about compatibility.
Agreed. In many ways pg_migrator failures will be caused by failures of
the many tools it relies upon, as I mentioned a few days ago.
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