Re: buildfarm client release 4.18

On 10/11/2016 08:51 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> * There is a new config parameter "wait_timeout", which defaults to
>> undefined. If it is set then any run that takes longer than the
>> specified number of seconds is aborted. That means that runs that
>> get stuck will time out, and the whole animal won't be stuck and
>> requiring manual intervention. My test animal has a setting of 3 *
>> 3600, i.e. 3 hours. There is some possible danger in this, that we
>> might miss bugs that cause us to get stuck, so at least some animals
>> should not use this feature.
> Hm, do you mean that if the timeout is exceeded, it just shuts down and
> doesn't report the failure? If there is a report I don't see how we'd
> "miss" anything.
>
>

Yeah, unfortunately. I can look at making it report something, not sure
exactly how much will be possible.

cheers

andrew