Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-14 Thread Kevin Grittner
Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> For Linux, perhaps some form of lsof with the +D option? > This actually won't help. In most cases the relevant data directory has > long disappeared out from under the rogue postmaster as part of > buildfarm cleanup. Also, lsof is not universally available. We try to

Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-13 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 01/13/2013 10:58 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote: Andrew Dunstan wrote: Part of the trouble with detecting rogue postmasters it might have left lying around is that various things like to decide what port to run on, so it's not always easy for the buildfarm to know what it should be looking for.

Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-13 Thread Kevin Grittner
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Part of the trouble with detecting rogue postmasters it might have left > lying around is that various things like to decide what port to run on, > so it's not always easy for the buildfarm to know what it should be > looking for. For Linux, perhaps some form of lsof wi

Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-11 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 01/11/2013 01:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote: Heikki Linnakangas writes: There was a stray postgres instance running on the box, which I killed: FWIW, we've seen an awful lot of persistent buildfarm failures that seemed to be due to port conflicts with leftover postmasters. I think the buildfarm s

Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-11 Thread Tom Lane
Heikki Linnakangas writes: > There was a stray postgres instance running on the box, which I killed: FWIW, we've seen an awful lot of persistent buildfarm failures that seemed to be due to port conflicts with leftover postmasters. I think the buildfarm script needs to try harder to ensure that i

Re: [HACKERS] [Pgbuildfarm-members] Version 4.10 of buildfarm client released.

2013-01-11 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On 11.01.2013 18:38, Andrew Dunstan wrote: The main feature of this release is that it does better logging of pg_upgrade failures (which is why I hope Heikki applies it to chipmunk right away ;-) ) Heh, ok :-) I've upgraded it, and launched a new buildfarm run, so we'll now more in a moment.