Re: Do we still need gen_node_support.pl's nodetag ABI stability check?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Do we still need gen_node_support.pl's nodetag ABI stability check?
Date: 2026-04-15 19:30:17
Message-ID: cd9faf75-370f-4305-9644-299e4404692b@eisentraut.org
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On 14.04.26 07:04, Tom Lane wrote:
> On the one hand, there's much to be said for belt-and-suspenders-too
> safety checks. On the other hand, updating gen_node_support.pl is
> an extra manual step while creating a branch, so it's easy to forget
> or get wrong. It's also not very clear why this particular sort
> of ABI break in a stable branch is any worse than other hazards.

This might still be helpful because it checks during local builds and
doesn't rely on the buildfarm.

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