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

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?
--
Michael