Re: Overlength socket paths (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Refactor flex and bison make rules)

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> ... Or maybe the 
> postmaster needs to check the length somehow before it calls 
> StreamServerPort() so we can give a saner error message.

Hm.  That's ugly, but a lot less invasive than trying to get the
official API to pass the information through.  Sounds like a plan to me.

However, that's only addressing the reporting end of it; I think we
also need to change the pg_upgrade test script as suggested by Noah.
        regards, tom lane