Re: Do we still need gen_node_support.pl's nodetag ABI stability check?

> On 15 Apr 2026, at 21:30, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>
> On 14.04.26 07:04, Tom Lane wrote:
>> On the one hand, there's much to be said for belt-and-suspenders-too
>> safety checks.  On the other hand, updating gen_node_support.pl is
>> an extra manual step while creating a branch, so it's easy to forget
>> or get wrong.  It's also not very clear why this particular sort
>> of ABI break in a stable branch is any worse than other hazards.
>
> This might still be helpful because it checks during local builds and doesn't rely on the buildfarm.

But does it actually give a good enough answer to be relied upon when passing
the local check can fail the buildfarm check?

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Daniel Gustafsson