Re: [BUGS] pg_regress fails at "point" test

On 30 Jul 2001 Tom Lane wrote:

> pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org writes:
> > gcc2.95; hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20, postgresql 7.1.2
> > make check checks the first group all right (tests check out ok and
> > a process "postgres:" shows up in the process list.
> > When "make check" displays "parallel group (18 tests): point lseg"
> > the "postgres:" process disappears from the process list and
> > the test does not complete. Or, rather, not until I lose
> > patience (15min). Incidentally the shell process that make started
> > keeps running and eats up all the CPU time.
>
> Known bug in HPUX's Bourne shell --- evidently it can't cope with so
> many children in parallel. It works if you do
>
> gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check
>
> or if you run the non-parallel "installcheck". See FAQ_HPUX.
>
> If I still had a support contract in force with HP, I'd file a bug
> report...

I reduced the pg_regress script to a test case and submitted a CR:

JAGad84609 /usr/bin/sh hang on PostgreSQL regression test

The defect is filed against HP-UX 11i, but I noted that the defect is
present on 11.00 and 10.20 as well.

Regards,

Giles