Re: [PG19] eager aggregation gives wrong results because of bpchar_ops

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: shihao zhong <zhong950419(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Guofenglinux <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [PG19] eager aggregation gives wrong results because of bpchar_ops
Date: 2026-10-06 23:41:33
Message-ID: 1714677.1791330093@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> However, even once that updates, we're going to have some problems.
>> Trying it locally, I see my animal complaining about updates from
>> REL_13_STABLE failing, which is unsurprising ... but how do we get
>> v13-or-before data into a shape that the patched code will accept?

> By backpatching to REL_13_STABLE? I see no other reasonable way, given
> the constraints.

That was my first reaction too, but then what are we testing?
Nothing corresponding to real-world upgrades.

Maybe we need to hot-wire the BF script to not run amcheck in these
upgrades from ancient versions.

regards, tom lane

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