Re: Oops - BF:Mastodon just died

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> * Has the buildfarm script changed recently in a way that might change
> the execution PATH and thereby suck in a different version of dumpbin?
> (Or even a different version of Perl?)
>   


No. In at least the case of red_bat nothing has changed for months.

> * Is it conceivable that dumpbin's output format has changed in a way
> that confuses the bit of Perl code that's parsing it?  One idea that
> comes to mind is that it contains a timestamp that just got wider ---
> I remember seeing some bugs like that when the value of Unix time_t
> reached 1 billion and became 9 instead of 8 digits.
>
> Neither of these sound very plausible, but it seems the next step for
> investigation is to look closely at what's happening in gendef.pl.
>
>             
>   

Right. I agree that your diff makes gendef.pl the prime suspect.

Yoo also just said:
> "Dave Page" <dpage@postgresql.org> writes:
>   
>> > I can't remember the last time I logged into that box so if it's
>> > something in the buildenv, it's either caused by a Windows update,
>>     
>
> Re-reading the thread ... could that last point be significant?  Are
> all four of these boxen set to auto-accept updates from Redmond?

No. red_bat does not auto-accept anything.

cheers

andrew