Re: pgsql: TAP tests: check for postmaster.pid anyway when "pg_ctl start" f

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: TAP tests: check for postmaster.pid anyway when "pg_ctl start" f
Date: 2022-01-20 11:08:56
Message-ID: CA+hUKGKV6fOHvfiPt8=dOKzvswjAyLoFoJF1iQXMNpi7+hD1JQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> TAP tests: check for postmaster.pid anyway when "pg_ctl start" fails.
>
> "pg_ctl start" might start a new postmaster and then return failure
> anyway, for example if PGCTLTIMEOUT is exceeded. If there is a
> postmaster there, it's still incumbent on us to shut it down at
> script end, so check for the PID file even though we are about
> to fail.
>
> This has been broken all along, so back-patch to all supported branches.
>
> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/647439.1642622744@sss.pgh.pa.us

This seems to have caused some kind of problem for the 017_shm.pl test:

https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=skink&dt=2022-01-20%2003%3A23%3A44
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=tern&dt=2022-01-20%2001%3A14%3A07
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=hornet&dt=2022-01-20%2000%3A10%3A37

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