Re: Extension compatibility between postgresql minor version

I am not an expert but I am assuming that the native part of the extension (pg_freespacemap.so) is compiled with postgresql headers and libs.

On 2016-11-24, 11:55 AM, "Adrian Klaver" <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:

On 11/24/2016 07:40 AM, David Richer wrote:
> Hi guys,
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> I want to check my production server for the free space map issue.
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Free_Space_Map_Problems
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> I am on Centos 6 currently running 9.3.14 using pgdg repository.
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> I need to install postgresql93-contrib to get the pg_freespacemap
> extension. Only postgresql93-contrib-9.3.15 package is available in pgdg
> repository. It will force me to upgrade my postgresql to 9.3.15 which
> will restart my production postgresql server which I am not yet ready to
> do, I want to know if we are affected by the free space map issue first.
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> My question: Would it be safe to install postgresql93-contrib-9.3.15 and
> not upgrade my postgresql server? In other words, would an extension
> compiled with 9.3.14 will work with a postgresql 9.3.15 server?

I was following you until I got to the last sentence. Is that what you
really meant to say?

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> Thanks,
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> Davud
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