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Re: psql tests hangs

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Kirk Wolak <wolakk@gmail.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
Date: 2023-05-12T13:26:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> And generally, the root perl should to reset PSQL_WATCH_PAGER env variable
> before executing psql. Probably it does with PSQL_PAGER, and maybe with
> PAGER.

Oh!  AFAICS, we don't do any of those things, but I agree it seems like
a good idea.  Can you confirm that if you unset PSQL_WATCH_PAGER then
the test passes for you?

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Tighten usage of PSQL_WATCH_PAGER.

  2. Add tab-completion for newly added SUBSCRIPTION options.

  3. psql: add an optional execution-count limit to \watch.

  4. Handle empty or all-blank PAGER setting more sanely in psql.