pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness
Date: 2023-07-03 14:09:36
Message-ID: E1qGKFE-001iD3-Lv@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Improve pg_basebackup long file name test Windows robustness

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.

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Backpatch to all live branches

Branch
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REL_16_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/16152705b31d12c339e3a9ee44ed43972a6ee96c

Modified Files
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src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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