Re: SSL regression test suite

Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> writes:
> On 10/06/2014 04:21 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> This probably needs some further cleanup before it's ready for
>> committing. One issues is that it creates a temporary cluster that
>> listens for TCP connections on localhost, which isn't safe on a
>> multi-user system.

> This issue remains. There isn't much we can do about it; SSL doesn't
> work over Unix domain sockets. We could make it work, but that's a whole
> different feature.

> How do people feel about including this test suite in the source tree?
> It's probably not suitable for running as part of "make check-world",
> but it's extremely handy if you're working on a patch related to SSL.
> I'd like to commit this, even if it has some rough edges. That way we
> can improve it later, rather than have it fall into oblivion. Any
> objections?

As long as it's not run by any standard target, and there's some
documentation explaining why not, I see no reason it can't be in the
tree.

regards, tom lane