Re: BackgroundPsql swallowing errors on windows

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

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

To: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>

Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2025-08-16T19:13:28Z

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tests: BackgroundPsql: Fix potential for lost errors on windows
- bb2bf22761e1 13.21 landed
- c21ebcca7965 14.18 landed
- 70b650d18553 15.13 landed
- 4c9397c374d9 16.9 landed
- f61769adaa62 17.5 landed
- 8b886a4e3488 18.0 landed
Improve handling of empty query results in BackgroundPsql::query()
- 70291a3c66ec 18.0 cited
Extend Cluster.pm's background_psql() to be able to start asynchronously
- ba08edb06545 18.0 cited

Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> writes:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 03:07:43PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> That's great news, but apparently there is some lag in new packages
>> actually becoming available for download:

> Hmm.  I've never used MacPorts, so I'll probably not be an informed
> commentator on its release flow.  If relevant (probably not):
> https://ports.macports.org/port/p5.34-ipc-run/details/ does show missing "Port
> Health" for Sequoia (x86_64), Sonoma (arm64), and Sonoma (x86_64).

Dunno, but it is there now: after another upgrade run,

$ port installed | grep ipc
  p5.34-ipc-run @20250809.0.0_0 (active)

I've updated all my macOS buildfarm animals to this version.

			regards, tom lane