Re: Brittleness in regression test setup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Brittleness in regression test setup
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Msg-id 491DA3A0.1080301@dunslane.net
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In response to Brittleness in regression test setup  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> So even if I configured my local scripts to use ports that are all 
> different from each other and from 65432, this problem would still exist.

Only if you choose the private port to be above 9999. The standard 
buildfarm config file contains a warning against using such ports for 
exactly this reason. Is using a private 4-digit port terribly difficult 
for you?

>
> So, also,
>
> 2a) It has an undocumented hardcoded default port.
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this?
>

a) document it

b) make it a lot noisier if it falls back on 65432.

cheers

andrew




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