Re: killing perl2host

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-02-19T21:34:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

On 2022-02-19 13:04:05 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> OK, nothing broke, so here are two more invasive patches.

Great!


> The first
> removes perl2host completely and adjusts  all the places that use it.
> The second removes almost all the remaining msys special processing in
> TAP tests.

Hm. Do we have to worry about backpatched bugfixes breaking in the
backbranches? Or are you planning to backpatch this stuff?

Greetings,

Andres Freund



Commits

  1. Remove PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::perl2host completely

  2. Remove most msys special processing in TAP tests

  3. Ensure the right perl is used for TAP tests on msys

  4. Disable perl2host() processing in TAP tests