Re: pg_upgrade does not upgrade pg_stat_statements properly

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade does not upgrade pg_stat_statements properly
Date: 2021-07-29 17:13:48
Message-ID: 202107291713.63pnbaycna4w@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2021-Jul-29, Dave Cramer wrote:

> > If the old cluster used extensions those same extensions must be
> > installed in the new cluster via installation procedures specific
> > to, and documented by, each extension. For contrib extensions it is
> > usually enough to install the -contrib package via the same method
> > you used to install the PostgreSQL server.
>
> Well this is not strictly true. There are many extensions that would
> work just fine with the current pg_upgrade. It may not even be
> necessary to recompile them.

It is always necessary to recompile because of the PG_MODULE_MAGIC
declaration, which is mandatory and contains a check that the major
version matches. Copying the original shared object never works.

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