Re: pg_upgrade from 18beta1 -> 18beta3 - problem with btree_gist contrib module / extension

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 8/20/25 05:50, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> > pg_restore: from TOC entry 4295; 1255 596569951 FUNCTION
> > gist_stratnum_btree(integer) postgres
> > pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: could not find
> > function "gist_stratnum_btree" in file "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/btree_gist.so"
> > Command was: CREATE FUNCTION "public"."gist_stratnum_btree"(integer)
> > RETURNS smallint
> > LANGUAGE "c" IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE
> > AS '$libdir/btree_gist', 'gist_stratnum_btree';
>
> I can not find gist_stratnum_btree in:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/btree-gist.html
>
> or in the source.
>
> How did it end up in the database?

gist_stratnum_btree was in beta1 but was renamed to
gist_translate_cmptype_btree by
32edf732e8dc9eb3e7a923aeb67d49246744a20a.

> > The solution was to somehow restart 18beta1, drop btree_gist and all its
> > dependent constraints / indexes / objects , pg_upgrade and finally re-
> > create extension and dependent objects.
>
> Something more then DROP EXTENSION/CREATE EXTENSION btree_gist?

That seems like the easiest fix to me. But if you've built indexes
based on those opclasses then more work is required, as here.

I don't know what pg_upgrade tries to support for moving from one beta
release to another. Is this something we should try to fix?

Yours,

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Paul ~{:-)
pj(at)illuminatedcomputing(dot)com