Re: [BUGS] *.sql contrib files contain unresolvable MODULE_PATHNAME

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 19:36, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> PFA, a sample patch for this --- I've only bothered to change one script
>> file here, but will of course do the rest if there are no further
>> objections.

> I guess the failure scenario is if someone has an extension from 9.1.2
> and tries to load it into 9.1.1 or earlier, in which case they will
> get a syntax error or somehing when trying to run the CREATE EXTENSION
> command, right? I doubt that's something worth dealing with - it's a
> lot less likely to happen.

Hmm, yeah, you're right. But it doesn't seem like a big problem to me,
certainly not as big as the problem we're trying to solve.

> We might want to document this for other third-party extension
> developers to use as a trick as well?

Yes, I will add something to the docs.

regards, tom lane