Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mv91T-0004sA-Sv for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:19:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mv91S-000528-In for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:19:02 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mv91S-00051z-BK for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:19:02 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mv91P-0002aI-Tk for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2021 02:19:01 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 1B92IsON3707205; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 21:18:54 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Andres Freund cc: Andrew Dunstan , pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: pgsql: Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it In-reply-to: <20211209021604.bv5tfr23ymh4u7x4@alap3.anarazel.de> References: <3655283.1638977975@sss.pgh.pa.us> <2e118a11-6936-21ec-6782-e9dbb20972c2@dunslane.net> <3657697.1638980149@sss.pgh.pa.us> <3660797.1638983124@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20211209021604.bv5tfr23ymh4u7x4@alap3.anarazel.de> Comments: In-reply-to Andres Freund message dated "Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:16:04 -0800" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <3707203.1639016334.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 21:18:54 -0500 Message-ID: <3707204.1639016334@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Andres Freund writes: > Git appears to install itself in front of c:\windows\system32 in PATH (w= hich > contains the system tar). Which I think means that after edc2332550 this= will > have to be manually addressed by most people running tests on windows > manually? That doesn't seem great :( Can we make the default be the system tar (ie a full path, not just "tar")? I have no idea if that's a stable thing on Windows ... regards, tom lane