From 9efee18a28ddacaf63d2fec3f1ea93325e8b6792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:22:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment explaining that this table doesn't do what you might think ... in fact doesn't do much of anything at the moment ... --- src/include/catalog/pg_version.h | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_version.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_version.h index 49f3e0f008..05ce5e0375 100644 --- a/src/include/catalog/pg_version.h +++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_version.h @@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ * definition of the system "version" relation (pg_version) * along with the relation's initial contents. * + * NOTE: this table has nothing to do with the overall Postgres system + * version or anything like that. It is for defining individual relations + * that have multiple concurrently-existing versions. Yes, there used to + * be such a feature in Postgres, but it's been broken for a long time + * (see src/backend/commands/_deadcode/version.c). The pg_version table + * isn't even created at present. + * * * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * - * $Id: pg_version.h,v 1.8 1999/02/13 23:21:16 momjian Exp $ + * $Id: pg_version.h,v 1.9 1999/10/24 19:22:37 tgl Exp $ * * NOTES * the genbki.sh script reads this file and generates .bki -- 2.40.0