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Re: dfmgr additional ABI version fields

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2021-11-19T07:58:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:50:38PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> I'm not a different vendor, but I do work on different code than you
> do, and I like this. Advanced Server accidentally dodges this problem
> at present by shipping with a different FUNC_MAX_ARGS value, but this
> is much cleaner.

I am pretty sure that Greenplum could benefit from something like
that.  As a whole, using a string looks like a good idea for that.

> Would it be reasonable to consider something similar for the control
> file, for the benefit of distributions that are not the same on disk?

Hmm.  Wouldn't that cause more harm than actual benefits?
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Add ABI extra field to fmgr magic block