🛠️ PGXN Tools v1.7

Today I released v1.7.0 of the [pgxn-tools OCI image], which simplifies
Postgres extension testing and [PGXN] distribution. The new version includes
just a few updates and improvements:

* Upgraded the Debian base image from Bookworm to Trixie
* Set the `PGUSER` environment variable to `postgres` in the `Dockerfile`,
removing the need for users to remember to do it.
* Updated [`pg-build-test`] to set `MAKEFLAGS="-j $(nprocs)"` to shorten
build runtimes.
* Also updated [`pgrx-build-test`] to pass `-j $(nprocs)`, for the same
reason.
* Upgraded the pgrx test extension to v0.16.1 and test it on Postgres
versions 13-16.

Just a security and quality of coding life release. Ideally existing workflows
will continue to work as they always have.

[pgxn-tools OCI image]: https://hub.docker.com/r/pgxn/pgxn-tools
[PGXN]: https://pgxn.org "PostgreSQL Extension Network"
[`pg-build-test`]: https://github.com/pgxn/docker-pgxn-tools?tab=readme-ov-file#pg-build-test
[`pgrx-build-test`]: https://github.com/pgxn/docker-pgxn-tools?tab=readme-ov-file#pgrx-build-test

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❖ Saturday, 24 Jan 2026
By David E. Wheeler
https://justatheory.com/2026/01/pgxn-tools-v1.7/

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