Re: initdb recommendations

On 7/24/19 10:00 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 7/23/19 2:12 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 2019-07-22 21:16, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Modulo this issue, experimentation shows that adding '-A trust' to the
>>> line in run_build.pl where initdb is called fixes the issue. If we're
>>> going to rely on a buildfarm client fix that one seems simplest.
>> Yes, that is the right fix.  It's what the in-tree test drivers
>> (pg_regress, PostgresNode.pm) do.
>>
>
> I have done that, I will put out a new release probably right after the
> CF closes.
>
>
> I think we also need to change vcregress.pl to use trust explicitly for
> upgrade checks, just like the Unix upgrade test script does. That should
> help to future-proof us a bit.
>
>

Here's a patch along those lines that pretty much syncs up
vcregress.pl's initdb with pg_upgrade's test.sh.


cheers


andrew


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