On ons, 2010-08-11 at 11:47 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes:
> > On ons, 2010-08-11 at 10:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> How about just this:
> >>    port = 0xC000 | (DEF_PGPORT & 0x3FFF);
> 
> > The version number was put in there intentionally, for developers who
> > work on multiple branches at once.  That's the whole reason this code
> > exists.  Please don't remove it.
> 
> I work on multiple branches all day every day.  This wouldn't hinder
> me in the slightest, because I use a different DEF_PGPORT for each
> branch.  If you don't, it's hard to see how you manage to deal with
> multiple branches on one machine ... do you not ever actually install
> them?

No, not nearly as much as I run "make check".

> Even if you don't, changing this would only mean that you
> couldn't safely run "make check" concurrently in multiple branches.

That's exactly the point.  The original discussion is here:
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/491d9935.9010...@gmx.net



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