Re: contrib/sepgsql regression tests have been broken for months

On 10/31/25 15:48, Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
>> On 10/29/25 19:36, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> ... I think the new idea
>>> is to leave the module installed and active, which is kind
>>> of problematic if we want to also use TestSepgsql.pm in the
>>> back branches.
> 
>> I suppose one solution is to create a new buildfarm animal and then use 
>> rhino only for <= pg17 and <rhino-prime> only for pg18+
> 
> It looks like it'd work to revert to using TestSepgsql.pm in all
> branches.  You'd need to remove 'sepgsql' from PG_TEST_EXTRA so
> that v18/master don't try to run the conflicting 001_sepgsql.pl
> tests.

I'm not clear on whether this involves just undoing the recent changes I 
made, or if the buildfarm code itself needs changes.

FWIW I did this part:
> remove 'sepgsql' from PG_TEST_EXTRA

But what about "--enable-tap-tests"? That makes the full buildfarm cycle 
across all branches take something like 2.5 hours. I removed that part 
for now at least.

> We need a better idea about how the new test method can coexist
> with the old one, but for now I'd just like rhino to be running
> one or the other successfully ...

ok, back to the original configuration (although now with the latest 
buildfarm client)

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