Re: Regression tests fails to start on system without unix

Added to TODO:
Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the testscan be run on systems that don't support unix-domain
sockets



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Tom Lane wrote:
> Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be> writes:
> > The regression tests will fail to start on a system that doesn't
> > have, or wasn't compiled for, unix domain sockets.
> > I see some options to fix this:
> > - Always start with -i
> > - Make the "unix_sockets" variable depend on
> >   HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS intead of listen the OSs.
> 
> The second way is the way it should have been done all along.
> 
> Probably the best fix is to add a command-line switch to pg_regress
> to instruct it to use -i, and then have the makefile test
> HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS to decide whether to pass that switch.  This way,
> hand invocation of the script could easily run the test both ways,
> on machines where that's possible.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
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