databases/postgresql7 dump + restore didn't include pgcrypto functions

[Dan Langille]

On 31 Jan 2004 at 16:44, Palle Girgensohn wrote:

> --On lördag, januari 31, 2004 08.14.59 -0500 Dan Langille 
> <dan at langille.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 31 Jan 2004 at 5:06, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> >
> >> If I'm not wrong, this means that postgresql functions, at least those
> >> programmed in C and using elog, must be rebuilt when updating the server
> >> 7.3 -> 7.4.
> >
> > Yes.  This is confirmed by http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-
> > general/2003-10/msg00667.php
> 
> Cool. An echo in the Makefile would end up in the postgresql-contrib 
> makefile IMO, but would not have helped you, since you didn't use the port. 
> If one does use the port, chances are pretty high that all pg ports will be 
> updated together. I'm not sure an echo will do much good - too much 
> information makes ppl stop reading... The postgresql7 port is already 
> overloaded with echoes.

This issue is not mentioned anywhere [that I could find] in the 
PostgreSQL HISTORY or INSTALL files.  It is recorded many times in 
the archives, but that's not the place to put things such as this.

The issue only arises is upgrading from PG < 7.4.  Sorry, no more 
ideas here.
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