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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:56 -0400
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On 7/15/16 6:13 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> We've talked before about how the regression tests should be circumspect
> about what role names they create/drop, so as to avoid possibly blowing
> up an installation's existing users during "make installcheck".

I'm not particularly sure that that is a useful goal anymore.  Setting
up a new instance is cheap, so if users are concerned, they should not
run the tests against their important instance.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services


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