Re: Ability to reference other extensions by schema in extension scripts

"Regina Obe" <lr(at)pcorp(dot)us> writes:
>> requires = 'extfoo, extbar'
>> no_relocate = 'extfoo'

> So when no_relocate is specified, where would that live?

In the control file.

> Would I mark the extfoo as not relocatable on CREATE / ALTER of said
> extension?
> Or add an extra field to pg_extension

We don't record dependent extensions in pg_extension now, so that
doesn't seem like it would fit well. I was envisioning that
ALTER EXTENSION SET SCHEMA would do something along the lines of

(1) scrape the list of dependent extensions out of pg_depend
(2) open and parse each of their control files
(3) fail if any of their control files mentions the target one in
no_relocate.

Admittedly, this'd be a bit slow, but I doubt that ALTER EXTENSION
SET SCHEMA is a performance bottleneck for anybody.

> I had tried to do that originally, e.g. instead of even bothering with such
> an extra arg, just mark it as not relocatable if the extension's script
> contains references to the required extension's schema.

I don't think that's a great approach, because those references might
appear in places that can track a rename (ie, in an object name that's
resolved to a stored OID). Short of fully parsing the script file you
aren't going to get a reliable answer. I'm content to lay that problem
off on the extension authors.

> But then what if extfoo is upgraded?

We already have mechanisms for version-dependent control files, so
I don't see where there's a problem.

regards, tom lane