Re: pg_ctl/pg_rewind tests vs. slow AIX buildfarm members

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl/pg_rewind tests vs. slow AIX buildfarm members
Date: 2015-10-09 21:51:44
Message-ID: 47838.1444427504@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I wonder if you are interested in rewriting this whole thing to not use
> cmd.exe at all, which as I understand is just about output redirection.

FWIW, I have little interest in going there, because I'm afraid that
getting it to be bug-compatible with the existing behavior on points such
as quoting of -o arguments would be extremely fiddly. Perhaps it'd be
worth doing it in master, but I'd be afraid to back-patch such a change
--- and what I'm after right now is a back-patchable way of getting rid
of the 5-second-timeout behavior.

regards, tom lane

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