Re: CI slowdown due to PG_TEST_INITDB_EXTRA_OPTS

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: CI slowdown due to PG_TEST_INITDB_EXTRA_OPTS
Date: 2026-08-13 15:37:53
Message-ID: CAKAnmmJCQ=87NoM_T=8GFCH2PfA3FzxYW8Dpd+5HSEAnLk9yJA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
wrote:

> I don't think it's that complicated. But I'd be fine with
> PG_TEST_SERVER_POSTGRES_OPTS as well. That has the downside that it
> won't work for actual initdb options, but at least CI doesn't use that
> (for now). Some buildfarm members might though.
>

But they can still use PG_TEST_INITDB_EXTRA_OPTS, right? We are not
replacing the var, just adding a new one, I thought. Probably should
eventually look into caching things for people that use true initdb
options, but I suspect the number of things not handled by the new var will
be very close to zero, so maybe not worth it.

Cheers,
Greg

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