Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
> While looking into a weird buildfarm failure ([1]), I noticed this:
> # Checking port 62707
> Use of uninitialized value $pid in scalar chomp at
> /mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/../pgsql/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
> line 1247.
> Use of uninitialized value $pid in addition (+) at
> /mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/../pgsql/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
> line 1248.
Yeah, my animals are showing that too.
> Not quite sure how $pid ends up uninitialized, given the code:
> # see if someone else has or had a reservation of this port
> my $pid = <$portfile>;
> chomp $pid;
> if ($pid +0 > 0)
I guess the <$portfile> might return undef if the file is empty?
regards, tom lane
