Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions

On Jun 24, 2024, at 17:17, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:

> If you want to only change $libdir during CREATE EXTENSION (or ALTER
> EXTENSION UPDATE), then why not just change it there. And really you'd
> only want to change it when creating an extension from which the
> control file is coming from extension_destdir.

IIUC, the postmaster needs to load an extension on first use in every session unless it’s in shared_preload_libraries.

> However, I can also see a case for really always changing $libdir.
> Because some extensions in shared_preload_libraries, might want to
> trigger loading other libraries that they ship with dynamically. And
> these libraries are probably also in extension_destdir.

Right, it can be more than just the DSOs for the extension itself.

Best,

David