Re: pgsql: Clean up role created in new subscription test.

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-03-30T19:19:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 30 Mar 2023, at 20:44, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Maybe it'd be close enough to expect there to be no roles named
> "regress_xxx".  In combination with
> -DENFORCE_REGRESSION_TEST_NAME_RESTRICTIONS, that would prevent us
> from accidentally leaving stuff behind, and we could hope that it doesn't
> cause false failures in real installations.

Would that check be always on or only when pg_regress is compiled with
-DENFORCE_REGRESSION_TEST_NAME_RESTRICTIONS?

> Another idea could be for pg_regress to enforce that "select count(*)
> from pg_roles" gives the same answer before and after the test run.

That wouldn't prevent the contents of pg_roles to have changed though, so there
is a (slim) false positive risk with that no?

--
Daniel Gustafsson




Commits

  1. Drop global objects after completed test

  2. Fix reported runtime for single tests in pg_regress

  3. Clean up role created in new subscription test.