Re: Brittleness in regression test setup

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Brittleness in regression test setup
Date: 2008-11-14 16:13:20
Message-ID: 491DA3A0.1080301@dunslane.net
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> So even if I configured my local scripts to use ports that are all
> different from each other and from 65432, this problem would still exist.

Only if you choose the private port to be above 9999. The standard
buildfarm config file contains a warning against using such ports for
exactly this reason. Is using a private 4-digit port terribly difficult
for you?

>
> So, also,
>
> 2a) It has an undocumented hardcoded default port.
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this?
>

a) document it

b) make it a lot noisier if it falls back on 65432.

cheers

andrew

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