Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: > On 10/26/2014 12:29 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> The pathname length problem I noted in >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/16477.1413831...@sss.pgh.pa.us >> seems like a show-stopper as well, since undoubtedly a number of >> buildfarm critters are using buildroots with paths long enough to >> trigger it.
> +1 for fixing that, although it seems like a problem in what's being > tested rather than in the test suite. I agree, but nonetheless we don't want the buildfarm turning mostly red because we enable TAP before fixing this. >> The larger issue though is that even with both the above things fixed, >> the TAP tests would still be an expensive no-op on the majority of >> buildfarm members. > As far as the buildfarm goes, we could make it a cheap noop by checking > for the presence of the required modules (AFAIK that's Test::More, > IPC::CMD and IPC::Run). You'd probably have to check not just presence but version; but yeah, that is a potential solution to the cycle-wastage problem. > I agree that just having it not run tests on most platforms is hardly a > solution. It doesn't do much to make the tests actually useful, for sure ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers