On 11/26/19 9:17 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 11/25/19 11:41 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 11:53:31PM +0000, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Use native methods to open input in TestLib::slurp_file on Windows.
>>>
>>> It is hoped that this will avoid some errors that we have seen before,
>>> but lately with greater frequency, in buildfarm animals.
>>>
>>> For now apply only to master. If this proves effective it can be
>>> backpatched.
>>>
>>> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/13900.1572839580@sss.pgh.pa.us
>> jacana is visibly complaining about this commit:
>> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=jacana&dt=2019-11-25%2020%3A19%3A49
>>
>> The tests of commit_ts are failing:
>> Nov 25 16:46:52 t/001_base.........# Looks like your test exited with
>> 255 before it could output anything.
>> Nov 25 16:46:52 dubious
>> Nov 25 16:46:52 Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
>> Nov 25 16:46:52 DIED. FAILED tests 1-2
>
> Yeah, when the client is updated it actually fails at the same spot that
> fairywren is failing.
>
>
> I suspect this API doesn´t understand Msys virtualised paths, even
> though it's running inside Msys' perl. So either we need to convert the
> path to a Windows path, or we need to restrict use of this API to MSVC
> builds.
>
>
This hypothesis proved not to be correct, so I'll be implementing option 2.
cheers
andrew
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