Bruce Momjian escribió: > I considered that but realize that pg_migrator has to read > pg_controldata in both the old and new servers, meaning it would need > access to both C structures, and considering they both have the same > structure names, that would require some odd C tricks. Add to that you > don't know which version of Postgres you are migrating from/to during > compile and the idea of using C becomes even less attractive.
However, keep in mind that this might not be the last time on which we will want to read something from a C struct, so perhaps it would be good to bite the bullet and write the odd tricks. Does it already have access (at compile time) to the old and new source trees? -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
