Re: pg_amcheck option to install extension

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_amcheck option to install extension
Date: 2021-04-19 16:53:29
Message-ID: 228705.1618851209@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> OK, so let's fix it. If amcheck is going to stay in contrib then ISTM
> pg_amcheck should move there. I can organize that if there's agreement.
> Or else let's move amcheck as Alvaro suggests.

FWIW, I think that putting them both in contrib makes the most
sense from a structural standpoint.

Either way, though, you'll still need the proposed option to
let the executable issue a CREATE EXTENSION to get the shlib
loaded. Unless somebody is proposing that the extension be
installed-by-default like plpgsql, and that I am unequivocally
not for.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Robert Haas 2021-04-19 16:57:57 Re: More info on pg_stat_activity Wait Event Name when is DataFileRead
Previous Message Robert Haas 2021-04-19 16:52:23 Re: pg_amcheck option to install extension