Re: Use of PG_VERSION

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-06T22:08:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Is there a reason tablespace.c::set_short_version() uses PG_VERSION, and
> not the simpler PG_MAJORVERSION?  initdb.c::get_short_version() does the
> same thing.

Probably that code predates the addition of the separate PG_MAJORVERSION
#define.  +1 for simplifying.  The change I just had to make in
backend/catalog/Makefile reinforces the thought that MAJORVERSION is
what we should be using in everyplace related to this type of check.

			regards, tom lane