Re: Errors when restoring backup created by pg_dumpall

On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 3:14 PM PopeRigby <poperigby@mailbox.org> wrote:

> On 12/7/24 11:58, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 12:25 PM PopeRigby <poperigby@mailbox.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> It actually looks like setting those all to have public fixed all the
>> errors, including the one with lldap. So, how can I get it to not put
>> public there automatically for next time?
>>
>>
> I assume you mean "get it to put public there" (i.e., the "not" is a typo)
>
> You cannot.  The security team has decided to not permit an opt-in bypass
> of the lock-downs implemented to fix CVE-2018-1058.
>
> Your only real choice at the moment is to replace the function call in the
> generated expression with a custom function and in that custom function's
> create function command attach a "set search_path to public" clause.  That
> will prevent inlining and also ensure the public schema is in the
> search_path when executing the public.ll_to_earth function call.  With that
> in place the empty search_path in the dump file will no longer matter.
>
> Yeah, that was a typo. It seems weird that this behavior would be broken
> by default though, is there anything that could fix it upstream?
>

You saw and tried the work being done "upstream" to fix the situation.
It's a big knot in the system and it isn't easy (or highly motivated) to
untangle unfortunately...

David J.