Re: Orphaned users in PG16 and above can only be managed by Superusers

On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 04:10:10PM +0530, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
> Attached is the v2 patch with the following updates:
> 
> 1) Added detailed comments atop check_drop_role_dependency() to
> clarify role dependencies, addressing Nathan's comment.

Thanks!

> 2) Fixed a race condition where the dependency check could pass, but a
> new dependency might be added before the role drop is completed,
> addressing comments from Nathan and Robert.
> 
> 3) Improved the error message to display the role dependencies in
> detail, addressing feedback from Robert.
> 
> Please have a look and let me know for any further comments. Thanks.

I noticed that much of this code is lifted from DropRole(), and the new
check_drop_role_dependency() function is only used by DropRole() right
before it does the exact same scans.  Couldn't we put the new dependency
detection in those existing scans in DropRole()?

-- 
nathan