Re: Error Creating pgcrypto Extension

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Phil Rau <Phil(dot)Rau(at)sas(dot)com>, Michael King <Michael(dot)King(at)sas(dot)com>, Ashley Stephens <Ashley(dot)Stephens(at)sas(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Error Creating pgcrypto Extension
Date: 2026-09-18 09:43:38
Message-ID: BE670ABC-CF65-4811-9E23-61031609D160@yesql.se
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> On 18 Sep 2026, at 02:05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> On the whole, seeing that installing pgcrypto into pg_catalog has
> not worked since v13 and there's been hardly any complaints about
> that, I'm not sure that we should risk breaking working setups to
> allow it.

I wouldn't be opposed to removing gen_random_uuid from pgcrypto, it's a hack
and documented as obsolete in all supported versions. Supporting installing
pgcrypto in pg_catalog would not be a motivator though, trimming unnecessary
code from pgcrypto is however appealing

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Daniel Gustafsson

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