Re: [HACKERS] regression script/makefile exit failure

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

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> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
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>> I seem to recall that there is a bug in the FreeBSD shell with line
>> breaks in traps. Try changing the above to
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>> trap 'st=$?; echo status = $st; exit $st' 0
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> Thankyou Peter! I'd never have guessed something so obscure!
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> I have confirmed that this is the problem, and ascertained that the
> Cygwin shell exhibits the same behaviour.
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> I will submit a patch for pg_regress.sh shortly (after a little
> testing using buildfarm).
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>

Attached patch has been tested on Cygwin and found to work as expected
when initdb fails during make check - I don't have access to a FreeBSD
machine to do a test buildfarm run.

cheers

andrew