Re: contrib/sepgsql regression tests have been broken for months

On 10/29/25 19:36, Tom Lane wrote:
> I poked around in the buildfarm client and was surprised to
> find that the old TestSepgsql.pm module does in fact expect
> to have sudo privileges, and it seems to install, enable,
> and eventually remove the sepgsql-regtest kernel module.
>
> I thought we were trying to get rid of that requirement though.
> (For sure, you won't ever see me running the buildfarm
> client under a sudo-capable account.) I think the new idea
> is to leave the module installed and active, which is kind
> of problematic if we want to also use TestSepgsql.pm in the
> back branches.
>
> I also don't quite understand how 001_sepgsql.pl's "checking for
> sepgsql-regtest policy" test is passing if the previous
> TestSepgsql.pm run removed that module ...

I suppose one solution is to create a new buildfarm animal and then use
rhino only for <= pg17 and <rhino-prime> only for pg18+

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