Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Cause TestLib.pm to define $windows_os in all branches.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Cause TestLib.pm to define $windows_os in all branches.
Date: 2015-10-13 02:31:07
Message-ID: 4631.1444703467@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Cause TestLib.pm to define $windows_os in all branches.
>>
>> Back-port of a part of commit 690ed2b76ab91eb79ea04ee2bfbdc8a2693f2a37 that
>> I'd depended on without realizing that it was only added recently. Since
>> it seems entirely likely that other such tests will need to be back-patched
>> in future, providing the flag seems like a better answer than just putting
>> a test in-line.

> Is it really worth it back-patching the portions with $windows_os to
> back-branches? This indeed makes back-patch a bit easier but the tests
> cannot run on Windows because 13d856e1 has not been added in PG <=
> 9.5.

Hmm, well, why wasn't that back-patched? We expect these tests to run
on Windows don't we?

regards, tom lane

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