Re: pgsql: Add missing_ok option to the SQL functions for reading files.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 08:44:41PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
>> > Add missing_ok option to the SQL functions for reading files.
>> >
>> > This makes it possible to use the functions without getting errors, if there
>> > is a chance that the file might be removed or renamed concurrently.
>> > pg_rewind needs to do just that, although this could be useful for other
>> > purposes too. (The changes to pg_rewind to use these functions will come in
>> > a separate commit.)
>> >
>> > The read_binary_file() function isn't very well-suited for extensions.c's
>> > purposes anymore, if it ever was. So bite the bullet and make a copy of it
>> > in extension.c, tailored for that use case. This seems better than the
>> > accidental code reuse, even if it's a some more lines of code.
>>
>> This has been done done as the part of a fix for the issues with
>> pg_rewind, but perhaps it should be mentioned in the release notes?
>
> Yes, I will pick up that change during the creation of the 9.6 release
> notes.

Even if it has been introduced in 9.5?
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Michael