Re: Extensions support for pg_dump, patch v27

Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> * Extensions installed in pg_catalog:
> If we install an extension into pg_catalog,
> CREATE EXTENSION xxx WITH SCHEMA pg_catalog
> pg_dump dumps nothing about the extension. We might need special care
> for modules that install functions only in pg_catalog.

In src/backend/catalog/pg_depend.c we find the code for
recordDependencyOn() which is in fact in recordMultipleDependencies(),
and sayth so:

/*
* If the referenced object is pinned by the system, there's no real
* need to record dependencies on it. This saves lots of space in
* pg_depend, so it's worth the time taken to check.
*/

So I'm not sure about what we can do here other than error on using
pg_catalog in CREATE EXTENSION? How do we want to manage adminpack?

Other than adminpack, I think it makes sense to say that extensions are
not going into pg_catalog…

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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