Re: Regression tests fail with musl libc because libpq.so can't be loaded

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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

Cc: walther@technowledgy.de, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

Date: 2024-03-25T23:21:48Z

Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers

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Allow "make check"-style testing to work with musl C library.
- d82605bcd666 14.12 landed
- 8a92b70c11ba 17.0 landed
- 7651fd387697 16.3 landed
- 7124e7d528a8 12.19 landed
- 3c3f4fd741d0 15.7 landed
- 243e9953281f 13.15 landed
Fix compiler warnings on MSYS2
- 8c6d30f21139 13.0 cited

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 07:14:25PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:58:30PM +0100, walther@technowledgy.de wrote:
> >> I would like to see this backpatched to be able to run the regression tests
> >> easily on all stable branches.
> 
> > You want to risk destabilizing Postgres by backpatching something this
> > complex so the regression tests can be run on all stable branches?  I
> > think you are overestimating our desire to take on risk.
> 
> If we want a buildfarm animal testing this platform, we kind of need
> to support it on all branches.  Having said that, I agree with you
> that we are looking for a minimalist fix not a maximalist one.
> I think the 0001 patch is about right, but the rest seem to be solving
> problems we don't have.

I could support the minimalist patch applied to all branches.

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