dfmgr additional ABI version fields

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: dfmgr additional ABI version fields
Date: 2021-10-07 09:27:48
Message-ID: 55215fda-db31-a045-d6b7-d6f2d2dc9920@enterprisedb.com
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When producing a forked version of PostgreSQL, there is no
straightforward way to enforce that users don't accidentally load
modules built for the non-forked (standard, community) version. You can
only distinguish by PostgreSQL major version and a few compile-time
settings. (see internal_load_library(), Pg_magic_struct) Depending on
the details, mixing and matching might even work, until it doesn't, so
this is a bad experience.

I'm thinking about adding two more int fields to Pg_magic_struct: a
product or vendor magic number, and an ABI version that can be used
freely within a product/vendor.

Would anyone else have use for this? Any thoughts?

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