Re: More issues with pg_verify_checksums and checksum verification in base backups

On 11/27/18 8:32 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>
>>> Attached are two patches to fix all the mess:
>>> - 0001 is a revert of the whitelist, minus the set of regression tests
>>> checking after corrupted files and empty files.
>>> - 0002 is a fix for all the issues reported on this thread, with tests
>>> added (including the tablespace test from Michael Banck):
>>> -- Base backups gain EXEC_BACKEND files in their warning filters.
>>> -- pg_verify_checksums gains the same files.
>>> -- temporary files are filtered out.
>>> -- pg_verify_checksums performs filtering checks only on regular files,
>>> not on paths.
>>>
>>> 0001 and 0002 need to be merged as 0001 would cause the buildfarm to
>>> turn red on Windows if applied alone. Can you know see my point?
>>
>> Yes, I think they could be merged to address that, though I'm not sure
>> that it's necessairly a huge deal either, if they're going to be pushed
>> together.
>
> This avoids noise failures when bisecting a regression, which matters in
> some cases. To keep the history cleaner perhaps you are right and it
> would be cleaner to split into two commits.
>
> Let's wait a bit and see if others have extra opinions to offer.

Looks good to me.

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-David
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