Re: Fix REPACK with WITHOUT OVERLAPS replica identity indexes

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Antonin Houska <ah(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fix REPACK with WITHOUT OVERLAPS replica identity indexes
Date: 2026-08-27 16:52:22
Message-ID: apBrRgl9ABInGp5L@nathan
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On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 02:00:38PM +0200, Antonin Houska wrote:
> Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure whether we should change the behavior in PG19. Alvaro may have
>> a better idea about that. But I agree that we can at least clarify the code
>> comment and documentation. The attached patch attempts to do that.
>
> I meant just a comment that reminds developers that something needs to be
> fixed, rather than defending the inconsistent behavior.

Hm. Shouldn't the documentation be updated for v19 at least?

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nathan

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