| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net>, Pgsql-Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_regress.sh startup failure patch |
| Date: | 2002-01-03 17:24:47 |
| Message-ID: | 200201031724.g03HOlj16374@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > Agreed on both accounts -- I detest open loop solutions myself.
> > I was going to suggest the retry strategy, but I wasn't sure that such a
> > patch would be accepted at this time. How should I proceed?
>
> Code up a patch, test it, send in a diff ... I think the only real risk
> here is to be careful not to write anything unportable. I believe that
> "until" loops exist even in very old Bourne shells, does anyone think
> differently?
Probably true, but I have never seen 'until' used in a script.
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