Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> One thing we should do is have pg_regress.c, not the Makefile, >> select the default port to use. The concatenate-5 behavior is >> just not intelligent enough. > > How about something like this, constructing a port number from the > version and a timestamp? We could also take 2 more bits from the > version and give it to the timestamp, which would make this a bit safer, > I think.
Is it possible to make it retry in case the chosen port is busy? I guess a simple check should suffice, ignoring the obvious race condition that someone uses the port after you checked it was OK. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
