Re: If an extension library is loaded during pg_upgrade, can it tell?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: If an extension library is loaded during pg_upgrade, can it tell?
Date: 2017-04-04 02:08:09
Message-ID: 20170404020809.GB3951@momjian.us
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On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 09:53:34PM -0400, Chapman Flack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any distinctive state that could be checked by extension code
> to determine that it has been loaded incidentally during the operation
> of pg_upgrade rather than under normal conditions?
>
> PL/Java ordinarily checks what version of its schema is around, but
> that may be premature while pg_upgrade is doing its thing and the schema
> might not be all there yet.

You can check the backend global variable IsBinaryUpgrade to check if
binary upgrade is being performed. Does that help you?

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