Re: [HACKERS] A weird bit in pg_upgrade/exec.c

a.akenteva@postgrespro.ru wrote:

> This function has two calls:
> check_bin_dir(&old_cluster);
> check_bin_dir(&new_cluster);
> 
> I'd like to substitute these last two lines with this:
> get_bin_version(cluster);

Odd indeed.  One would think that if a cluster variable is passed as
parameter, the global vars should not be used.  +1 for fixing it, and
your proposal sounds as good as any.

> Doing it would simplify the patch I'm writing, but I'm worried I might break
> something that's been there for a long time and has been working fine.

I think odd coding this was introduced recently because of the
pg_resetxlog -> pg_resetwal renaming.

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