On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 09:48:12AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reeds...@rice.edu> writes: > > > As an operations guy, the idea of an upgrade using a random, > > > non-repeatable port selection gives me the hebejeebees. > > > > Yeah, I agree. The latest version of the patch doesn't appear to have > > any random component to it, though --- it just expects the user to > > provide port numbers as switches. > > Oh, you wanted pg_upgrade to pick a random port number? I can do that, > but how would it check to see it is unused?
Oh, no! Lost in translation - randomness in this context would be bad. Heebee-jeebees (usual spelling, I guess) "(idiom) used to describe a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression or illness" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heebie-jeebies Ross -- Ross Reedstrom, Ph.D. reeds...@rice.edu Systems Engineer & Admin, Research Scientist phone: 713-348-6166 Connexions http://cnx.org fax: 713-348-3665 Rice University MS-375, Houston, TX 77005 GPG Key fingerprint = F023 82C8 9B0E 2CC6 0D8E F888 D3AE 810E 88F0 BEDE -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
