Re: Should shared_preload_libraries be loaded during binary upgrade?

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?
> 
> An extension might unintentionally interfere with pg_upgrade, for
> example, by connecting to the 'postgres' database, which can cause the
> upgrade to fail as the restore needs to drop that database. While it's
> true that extensions should ideally handle this themselves, wouldn't
> it be safer if we could avoid loading them at all during the binary
> upgrade mode?

Well, the library might be required to load the data.  Why would we
avoid it with no known error reports?

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