Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness
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Msg-id 20150929204819.GK2573@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
Responses Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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Joe Conway wrote:
> On 09/29/2015 12:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > We could possibly add additional checks, like trying to verify that
> > pg_control has the same inode number it used to.  But I'm afraid that
> > would add portability issues and false-positive hazards that would
> > outweigh the value.
> 
> Not sure you remember the incident, but I think years ago that would
> have saved me some heartache ;-)

I remember it, but I'm not sure it would have helped you.  As I recall,
your trouble was that after a reboot the init script decided to initdb
the mount point -- postmaster wouldn't have been running at all ...

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