Re: glob support in extension_control_path/dynamic_library_path?

Hello,

At Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:19:33 -0700, Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com> wrote in
> Security seems to be an interesting question for this.
>
> The current patch simply takes a wildcard, and evaluates it every time
> it is needed. Is that the correct approach? The advantage is that when
> a new directory matching the pattern appears, it is automatically
> detected... but that's also the disadvantage.

I understand the motivation, but I'm also a bit worried about allowing
glob patterns in paths searched for extension files.

Just a thought, but another approach would be to allow symlinks to
extension installation directories either in the existing extension
file search directories or in a separate directory added to the search
path. That would likely require PostgreSQL to recognize a somewhat
different extension file layout than it currently assumes, though.

Regards,

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Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center