Re: Is pg_regress --use-existing used by anyone or is it broken?

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is pg_regress --use-existing used by anyone or is it broken?
Date: 2023-08-29 21:52:52
Message-ID: 1DFABF03-75A6-4A39-9786-D1A177D7E165@yesql.se
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> On 29 Aug 2023, at 23:38, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 03:11:15PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:

>> Does anyone here use it?
>
> I don't think I've ever used it. AFAICT it was added with hot standby mode
> (efc16ea) to support 'make standbycheck', which was removed last year
> (4483b2cf). Unless someone claims to be using it, it's probably fine to
> just remove it.

Having looked a bit more on it I have a feeling that plain removing it would be
the best option. Unless someone chimes in as a user of it I'll propose a patch
to remove it.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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