Re: [BUGS] postgresql-7.4RC1 - unrecognized privilege type

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> 
>>I think we should fix it but not force an initdb ---
>>information_schema is new and I am not sure how many people are using
>>it.
> 
> Yeah, I'm leaning that way too.  We could publicize a script to fix the
> problem in any beta5 or RC1 databases that people don't want to
> re-initdb.
> 

I agree, and this brings up a question that I've pondered before. Why do 
we ever *require* and initdb when only metadata has changed (i.e. the 
contents of the system catalogs, not catalog or page structure)?

ISTM that we ought to distinguish between catalog version, meaning 
something structural has changed, and catalog-data version which is 
correctible by running a script.

Joe