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Re: Test instability when pg_dump orders by OID

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Cc: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>, Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-08-10T17:01:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Rewrite previous commit's test for TestUpgradeXversion compatibility.

  2. Sort DO_DEFAULT_ACL dump objects independent of OIDs.

  3. Remove, from stable branches, the new assertion of no pg_dump OID sort.

  4. Sort dump objects independent of OIDs, for the 7 holdout object types.

  5. pg_dump: provide a stable sort order for rules.

  6. pg_dump: include comments on not-null constraints on domains, too

  7. Verify roundtrip dump/restore of regression database

  8. In pg_dump, use simplehash.h to look up dumpable objects by OID.

  9. Tweak pg_dumpall to add GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE ... TO PUBLIC when dumping

  10. Restructure operator classes to allow improved handling of cross-data-type

  11. First phase of project to use fixed OIDs for all system catalogs and

  12. Tweak pg_dump to say GRANT ALL when appropriate, rather than enumerating

On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  Given the current state of freeze for tomorrow's release wrap, the
> decision is less obvious than usual.  I'm seeing these options:
>
> 1. Remove the new assertion in v13-v18.
> 2. Push your proposed fix.
> 3. Change nothing.  (This would be the choice if one is maximally concerned
>    about deviating from the freeze and unconcerned about --enable-cassert
>    builds of releases.)
>
> I am inclined to make today's change be (1).

Sounds right to me.

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Robert Haas
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