Re: port conflicts when running tests concurrently on windows. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: port conflicts when running tests concurrently on windows.
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Msg-id 7a217775-e9a5-f49a-c7f1-ba277b07e9e9@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: port conflicts when running tests concurrently on windows.  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: port conflicts when running tests concurrently on windows.  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Re: port conflicts when running tests concurrently on windows.  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On 09.12.21 03:44, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 11:46 AM Andres Freund<andres@anarazel.de>  wrote:
>> Is it perhaps time to to use unix sockets on windows by default
>> (i.e. PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS), at least when on a new enough windows?

Makes sense to get this to work, at least as an option.

> Makes sense.  As a data point, it looks like this feature is in all
> supported releases of Windows.  It arrived in 1803, already EOL'd, and
> IIUC even a Windows Server 2016 "LTSC" system that's been disconnected
> from the internet and refusing all updates reaches "mainstream EOL"
> next month.

I believe the "18" in "1803" refers to 2018.  We have Windows buildfarm 
members that mention 2016 and 2017 in their title.  Would those be in 
trouble?



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