Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness
Date: 2015-10-04 00:35:54
Message-ID: 31825.1443918954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> On 10/02/2015 09:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> Here's a rewritten patch that looks at postmaster.pid instead of
>>> pg_control. It should be effectively the same as the prior patch in terms
>>> of response to directory-removal cases, and it should also catch many
>>> overwrite cases.

>> BTW, my thought at the moment is to wait till after next week's releases
>> to push this in. I think it's probably solid, but it doesn't seem like
>> it's worth taking the risk of pushing shortly before a wrap date.
>>
>> If anyone wants to argue for including it in the releases, speak up ...

> Wait, we're backpatching this?

Of course. It's not going to do much for buildfarm stability if it's
only in HEAD.

regards, tom lane

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