Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > At run time, this will sort itself out, because all the required modules > will be loaded. The problem is when you create the "glue" extension and > haven't invoked any code from any of the dependent extension in the > session. Abstractly, the possible solutions are either not to check the > functions when the extension is created (possibly settable by a flag) or > to somehow force a load of all dependent extensions when the new > extension is created. (I say extension here even though dynamically > loadable modules are attached to functions, which makes this even more > confusing.)
I think CREATE EXTENSION should be LOADing all distinct modules referenced from all required extensions functions. It does sound easy enough to code, and I can't imagine why we would want to not do that. Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
