Re: pg_upgrade automatic testing

From: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade automatic testing
Date: 2011-05-29 09:47:53
Message-ID: 20110529094753.GC13718@tornado.gateway.2wire.net
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:07:45PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On ons, 2011-04-27 at 18:14 -0400, Noah Misch wrote:
> > Enthusiastic +1 for this concept. There's at least one rough edge: it fails if
> > you have another postmaster running on port 5432.
>
> This has now been addressed: pg_upgrade accepts PGPORT settings.
> Attached is a slightly updated patch runs the test suite with a port of
> 65432, which you can override by setting PGPORT yourself.
>
> Anyway, is this something that people want in the repository? It's not
> as polished as the pg_regress business, but it is definitely helpful.

I'd like it. We've had bugs sit for months that would have been found
immediately by a buildfarm member running this test. Having it in the
repository at least opens up that possibility.

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