Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation
Date: 2016-07-18 16:47:56
Message-ID: a5aad172-c78d-ce96-dacd-c14054f93ff9@2ndquadrant.com
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On 7/15/16 6:13 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> We've talked before about how the regression tests should be circumspect
> about what role names they create/drop, so as to avoid possibly blowing
> up an installation's existing users during "make installcheck".

I'm not particularly sure that that is a useful goal anymore. Setting
up a new instance is cheap, so if users are concerned, they should not
run the tests against their important instance.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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