Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >> Eventually the idea would be to have the build farm run such tests (with > >> a properly created dump file) so we can learn quickly if the backend > >> data format is changed. > >> > > > > If we're thinking of doing that, it would be better to back-patch the > > change that allowed '3'. > > > > > > > > Yeah. > > It's going to require some fancy dancing to get the buildfarm to do it. > Each buildfarm run is for a specific branch, and all the built artefacts > are normally thrown away. I'd have to work out a way of stashing the > binaries from a build on one branch for use in the pg_upgrade tests in > the run on another branch. It's doable but could get messy.
Uh, that is not actually a problem. You just need to set extra_float_digits=-3 to create the dump file, which is only done once for each major version. You can _load_ that dump file into an unmodified old cluster and test just fine. I will write up some instructions in the next few days. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
