Re: Installing PL/pgSQL by default

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>, PGSQL Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: Installing PL/pgSQL by default
Date: 2009-12-04 00:34:08
Message-ID: 200912040034.nB40Y8c10553@momjian.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> >
> >> One problem is that because system oids are used, it isn't possible to
> >> drop the language:
> >> I assume we still want to allow the language to be uninstalled, for
> >> security purposes.
> >>
> >
> > Yes. That behavior is not acceptable. Why aren't you just adding
> > a CREATE LANGUAGE call in one of the initdb scripts?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Before we go too far with this, I'd like to know how we will handle the
> problems outlined here:
> <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-02/msg00916.php>

Oh, I forgot about that issue. FYI, I believe several packages of
Postgres already pre-install plpgsql, or at least allow it as an option.

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