[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3892: Review safety and behavior of CREATE EXTENSION from UNPACKAGED

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#3892: Review safety and behavior of CREATE EXTENSION from UNPACKAGED
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  Reporter:  strk     |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  task     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  high     |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.4.1
 Component:  postgis  |    Version:  2.4.x
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
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Comment (by strk):

 > Worst case is they don't have an installation of what they came from
 > so no unpackaged script for them to run so they are stuck unpackaged
 > because the only ones available error out.

 In this case it would be nice of us to make the "FROM unpackaged"
 embed an upgrade, wouldn't it ?

 > If the unpackaged actually works, then what postgresql thinks you are
 > running is not what you have installed.

 This case would also be fixed if we make the "FROM unpackaged"
 embed an upgrade, right ?

 > So postgis_full_version() whould need to look at the
 > pg_available_extensions.installed_version and compare it to what
 > postgis_lib_version() says

 Could you ticket this one separately, it's a good idea !

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