Re: Overlength socket paths (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Refactor flex and bison make rules)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Jeremy Drake <pgbuildfarm(at)jdrake(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Overlength socket paths (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Refactor flex and bison make rules)
Date: 2012-11-29 23:23:08
Message-ID: 19751.1354231388@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> ... Or maybe the
> postmaster needs to check the length somehow before it calls
> StreamServerPort() so we can give a saner error message.

Hm. That's ugly, but a lot less invasive than trying to get the
official API to pass the information through. Sounds like a plan to me.

However, that's only addressing the reporting end of it; I think we
also need to change the pg_upgrade test script as suggested by Noah.

regards, tom lane

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