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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mankirat Singh <mankiratsingh1315@gmail.com>
Cc: David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>
Cc: nathandbossart@gmail.com
Cc: pg@bowt.ie
Cc: andrew@dunslane.net
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: abi-compliance-check failure due to recent changes to pg_{clear,restore}_{attribute,relation}_stats()
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 11:14:49 -0400
Message-ID: <1957147.1760800489@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Mankirat Singh <mankiratsingh1315@gmail.com> writes:
> But if we want a much clearer way based on symbol names, we could use a
> standard per branch suppression file, which the abidiff tool directly
> supports for this purpose[1].

I am strongly against relying on suppression files.  I think that
is a very imprecise technology, and it is certainly harder to use
than the "choose a blessed reference point" approach.

			regards, tom lane





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