Re: why is pg_upgrade's regression run so slow?

On 2024-08-19 Mo 8:00 AM, Alexander Lakhin wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> 29.07.2024 13:54, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> On 2024-07-29 Mo 4:00 AM, Alexander Lakhin wrote:
>>>
>>> And another interesting fact is that TEMP_CONFIG is apparently 
>>> ignored by
>>> `meson test regress/regress`. For example, with temp.config containing
>>> invalid settings, `meson test pg_upgrade/002_pg_upgrade` fails, but
>>> `meson test regress/regress` passes just fine.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, that last fact explains the discrepancy I originally complained 
>> about. How the heck did that happen? It looks like we just ignored 
>> its use in Makefile.global.in :-(
>
> Please look at the attached patch (partially based on ideas from [1]) for
> meson.build, that aligns it with `make` in regard to use of TEMP_CONFIG.
>
> Maybe it could be implemented via a separate meson option, but that would
> also require modifying at least the buildfarm client...
>
> [1] 
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAN55FZ304Kp%2B510-iU5-Nx6hh32ny9jgGn%2BOB5uqPExEMK1gQQ%40mail.gmail.com
>
>

I think this is the way to go. The patch LGTM.


cheers


andrew

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