Re: 039_end_of_wal: error in "xl_tot_len zero" test

David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 15:06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> My best guess is that that changed the amount of WAL generated by
>> initdb just enough to make the problem reproduce on this animal.
>> However, why's it *only* happening on this animal? The amount of
>> WAL we generate isn't all that system-specific.

> I'd say that's a good theory as it's now passing again [1] after the
> recent system_views.sql change done in 521a7156ab.

Hm. It occurs to me that there *is* a system-specific component to
the amount of WAL emitted during initdb: the number of locales
that "locale -a" prints translates directly to the number of
rows inserted into pg_collation. So maybe skimmer has a locale
set that's a bit different from anybody else's, and that's what
let it see this issue.

regards, tom lane