Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:21:48 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: walther@technowledgy.de, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>,
	Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>,
	Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>,
	Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>,
	PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>,
	Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Regression tests fail with musl libc because libpq.so can't be
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 07:14:25PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:58:30PM +0100, walther@technowledgy.de wrote:
> >> I would like to see this backpatched to be able to run the regression tests
> >> easily on all stable branches.
> 
> > You want to risk destabilizing Postgres by backpatching something this
> > complex so the regression tests can be run on all stable branches?  I
> > think you are overestimating our desire to take on risk.
> 
> If we want a buildfarm animal testing this platform, we kind of need
> to support it on all branches.  Having said that, I agree with you
> that we are looking for a minimalist fix not a maximalist one.
> I think the 0001 patch is about right, but the rest seem to be solving
> problems we don't have.

I could support the minimalist patch applied to all branches.

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