Re: multi-install PostgresNode fails with older postgres versions

From: Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Subject: Re: multi-install PostgresNode fails with older postgres versions
Date: 2021-03-31 19:34:41
Message-ID: CC3F964B-8FA1-4A23-9D3E-6EA00BBFF0EE@enterprisedb.com
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> On Mar 30, 2021, at 5:41 PM, Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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> 1) PostgresNode::init() doesn't work for older server versions

PostgresNode::start() doesn't work for servers older than version 10, either. If I hack that function to sleep until the postmaster.pid file exists, it works, but that is really ugly and is just to prove to myself that it is a timing issue. There were a few commits in the version 10 development cycle (cf, commit f13ea95f9e473a43ee4e1baeb94daaf83535d37c) which changed how pg_ctl works, though I haven't figured out yet exactly what the interaction with PostgresNode would be. I'll keep looking.


Mark Dilger
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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