Re: Regression tests fail with musl libc because libpq.so can't be loaded

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Just a thought: if we want to go this way, do we need a new exec call?
> > We already control the initial exec in pg_ctl.c.
>
> I'm resistant to assuming the postmaster is launched through pg_ctl.
> systemd, for example, might well prefer not to do that, not to
> mention all the troglodytes still using 1990s launch scripts.
>
> A question that seems worth debating in this thread is how much
> updating the process title is even worth nowadays. It feels like
> a hangover from before we had pg_stat_activity and other monitoring
> support. So I don't feel a huge need to support it on musl.
> The previously-suggested patch to whitelist glibc and variants,
> and otherwise fall back to PS_USE_NONE, seems like it might be
> the appropriate amount of effort.
>
>
>

+1

cheers

andrew