Re: Back-branch release notes up for review

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 03:31:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> + <listitem>
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> +Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
> +Branch: master [0659465ca] 2017-08-15 19:27:22 -0400
> +Branch: REL_10_STABLE [3ea58216d] 2017-08-15 19:30:35 -0400
> +Branch: REL9_6_STABLE [dce90c7c8] 2017-08-15 19:31:06 -0400
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> +-->
> + <para>
> + Show foreign tables
> + in <structname>information_schema</>.<structname>table_privileges</>
> + view (Peter Eisentraut)
> + </para>
> +
> + <para>
> + All other relevant <structname>information_schema</> views include
> + foreign tables, but this one ignored them.
> + </para>
> +
> + <para>
> + Since this view definition is installed by <application>initdb</>,
> + merely upgrading will not fix the problem. If you need to fix this
> + in an existing installation, you can, as a superuser, do this
> + in <application>psql</>:
> +<programlisting>
> +BEGIN;
> +DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
> +\i <replaceable>SHAREDIR</>/information_schema.sql
> +COMMIT;
> +</programlisting>
> + (Run <literal>pg_config --sharedir</> if you're uncertain
> + where <replaceable>SHAREDIR</> is.) This must be repeated in each
> + database to be fixed.
> + </para>
> + </listitem>

"DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;" will drop objects outside
information_schema that depend on objects inside information_schema. For
example, this will drop user-defined views if the view query refers to
information_schema. That's improper in a release-noted update procedure.
This could instead offer a CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW or just hand-wave about the
repaired definition being available in information_schema.sql.

I regret not reading this before today.