Re: pgsql: Unbreak recovery test on Windows

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: tomas(dot)vondra(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Unbreak recovery test on Windows
Date: 2021-03-21 18:32:28
Message-ID: 65507be5-4e1f-38b5-bfda-3ce8b988dfc5@dunslane.net
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On 3/21/21 2:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Ugh.  Is there any reason we need to do those kills before we end the
>> psql processes? If not I'm tempted just to move them - after the psql's
>> are finished it should be safe. At any rate I'll go and test that.
> IIUC, that'd completely destroy the point of the test, which is to make
> sure we clean up when a backend dies unexpectedly. If we allow the
> psql's to exit then the backend might be able to complete normal cleanup
> before we can SIGKILL it.
>
> Probably the best thing for now is to revert your change and instead
> just skip the whole test script on Windows.
>
>

OK, will do that.

cheers

andrew

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