Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hm. The parallel regression tests require at least 20. I deliberately >> allowed initdb to select values as small as 10 on the theory that >> installing and not being able to run the parallel regression tests is >> better than not installing at all.
> Another alternative is to have the regression suite discover the max > connections, and defer tests when there are (max_connections - 1) > connections already. Maybe. After thinking a bit more, I seem to recall one of the reasons for having wide parallel sets in the regression tests is that we *wanted* to consider inability to support a dozen or two connections as a serious problem. If we still believe that old logic, then indeed the right thing to do is for initdb to insist on setting max_connections no smaller than 20. (Pre-7.4, the default setting was generally 32, so this is still more flexible than before from a portability standpoint.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings