Re: pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

On 2023-07-03 Mo 10:51, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> On 2023-07-03 Mo 10:19, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>>> On 3 Jul 2023, at 16:08, Andrew Dunstan<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
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>>> Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness
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>>> Creation of a file with a very long name can create problems on Windows
>>> due to its file path limits. Work around that by creating the file via a
>>> symlink with a shorter name.
>> +dir_symlink "$pgdata", "$lftmp/pgdata";
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>> dir_symlink doesn't exist in REL_12_STABLE.
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> Argh!. ok, thanks, will fix.
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Neither does rel 13 have it. I've reverted all this for versions older
than 14. It means running TAP tests on older version on Windows could be
fragile, but at least my animals don't run TAP tests on older versions.

cheers

andrew

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