Re: Buildfarm coverage (was Re: OK, ready for RC1 or Beta6)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Travis P <twp(at)castle(dot)fastmail(dot)fm>
Cc: Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)is(dot)rice(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Buildfarm coverage (was Re: OK, ready for RC1 or Beta6)
Date: 2004-12-03 22:29:38
Message-ID: 15145.1102112978@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Travis P <twp(at)castle(dot)fastmail(dot)fm> writes:
> You'll probably find multi-OS-testing (various versions of AIX, Linux,
> MacOS X on PPC and/or PowerPC) much more important than differentiating
> particular pieces of hardware in the PPC or RS6000 category, assuming
> both 32-bit and 64-bit is covered and also that SMP tests are made.

Agreed.

> Does 'make check' test SMP?

Yes; not very hard, but it will usually catch bad problems, especially
over the long haul of many retries.

regards, tom lane

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