*** a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
--- b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
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*** 640,655 **** DefineOpFamily(CreateOpFamilyStmt *stmt)
  {
  	char	   *opfname;		/* name of opfamily we're creating */
  	Oid			amoid,			/* our AM's oid */
! 				namespaceoid,	/* namespace to create opfamily in */
! 				opfamilyoid;	/* oid of opfamily we create */
! 	Relation	rel;
  	HeapTuple	tup;
- 	Datum		values[Natts_pg_opfamily];
- 	bool		nulls[Natts_pg_opfamily];
  	AclResult	aclresult;
- 	NameData	opfName;
- 	ObjectAddress myself,
- 				referenced;
  
  	/* Convert list of names to a name and namespace */
  	namespaceoid = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(stmt->opfamilyname,
--- 640,648 ----
  {
  	char	   *opfname;		/* name of opfamily we're creating */
  	Oid			amoid,			/* our AM's oid */
! 				namespaceoid;	/* namespace to create opfamily in */
  	HeapTuple	tup;
  	AclResult	aclresult;
  
  	/* Convert list of names to a name and namespace */
  	namespaceoid = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(stmt->opfamilyname,
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*** 686,745 **** DefineOpFamily(CreateOpFamilyStmt *stmt)
  				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
  				 errmsg("must be superuser to create an operator family")));
  
! 	rel = heap_open(OperatorFamilyRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
! 
! 	/*
! 	 * Make sure there is no existing opfamily of this name (this is just to
! 	 * give a more friendly error message than "duplicate key").
! 	 */
! 	if (SearchSysCacheExists3(OPFAMILYAMNAMENSP,
! 							  ObjectIdGetDatum(amoid),
! 							  CStringGetDatum(opfname),
! 							  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceoid)))
! 		ereport(ERROR,
! 				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
! 				 errmsg("operator family \"%s\" for access method \"%s\" already exists",
! 						opfname, stmt->amname)));
! 
! 	/*
! 	 * Okay, let's create the pg_opfamily entry.
! 	 */
! 	memset(values, 0, sizeof(values));
! 	memset(nulls, false, sizeof(nulls));
! 
! 	values[Anum_pg_opfamily_opfmethod - 1] = ObjectIdGetDatum(amoid);
! 	namestrcpy(&opfName, opfname);
! 	values[Anum_pg_opfamily_opfname - 1] = NameGetDatum(&opfName);
! 	values[Anum_pg_opfamily_opfnamespace - 1] = ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceoid);
! 	values[Anum_pg_opfamily_opfowner - 1] = ObjectIdGetDatum(GetUserId());
! 
! 	tup = heap_form_tuple(rel->rd_att, values, nulls);
! 
! 	opfamilyoid = simple_heap_insert(rel, tup);
! 
! 	CatalogUpdateIndexes(rel, tup);
! 
! 	heap_freetuple(tup);
! 
! 	/*
! 	 * Create dependencies for the opfamily proper.  Note: we do not create a
! 	 * dependency link to the AM, because we don't currently support DROP
! 	 * ACCESS METHOD.
! 	 */
! 	myself.classId = OperatorFamilyRelationId;
! 	myself.objectId = opfamilyoid;
! 	myself.objectSubId = 0;
! 
! 	/* dependency on namespace */
! 	referenced.classId = NamespaceRelationId;
! 	referenced.objectId = namespaceoid;
! 	referenced.objectSubId = 0;
! 	recordDependencyOn(&myself, &referenced, DEPENDENCY_NORMAL);
! 
! 	/* dependency on owner */
! 	recordDependencyOnOwner(OperatorFamilyRelationId, opfamilyoid, GetUserId());
! 
! 	heap_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
  }
  
  
--- 679,686 ----
  				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
  				 errmsg("must be superuser to create an operator family")));
  
! 	/* Update pg_opfamily catalog */
! 	CreateOpFamily(stmt->amname, opfname, namespaceoid, amoid);
  }