Re: Should shared_preload_libraries be loaded during binary upgrade?

On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Thu, May  1, 2025 at 11:05:56AM +0530, Dilip Kumar wrote:
> >> Does it make sense to load "shared_preload_libraries" during binary
> >> upgrade mode?
>
> > Well, the library might be required to load the data.  Why would we
> > avoid it with no known error reports?
>
> You could invent examples that would break things in either direction.
> I'm inclined to leave it alone, because right now the choice is under
> the user's control: she can adjust shared_preload_libraries if needed
> in either the source or target clusters.  If we try to force the
> matter, then one set of problem cases is broken without recourse.

Yeah, that makes sense, so let's leave it alone.  Thanks.

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