Re: Upgrade path for contrib modules

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrade path for contrib modules
Date: 2004-08-06 05:34:42
Message-ID: 7591.1091770482@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> What is the intended upgrade path for databases using contrib modules?

Normally you just upgrade 'em ...

> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: could not find function "int2key_in" in file "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/btree_gist.so"

... however, what it looks like here is that the CVS-tip version of
contrib/btree_gist has got a completely different API than 7.4 did.
I suggest you beat up Oleg and Teodor about providing an upgrade path.
This isn't a Postgres bug per se, it's a btree_gist bug.

regards, tom lane

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