Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bPBjR-0007KT-Lb for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:49:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bPBjQ-00064Y-5o for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:49:24 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bPBi5-0004b1-P5 for pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:48:01 +0000 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bPBi2-0007tc-FW for pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:48:00 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6604C20D0E; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=d58mZ3AvXltfcos OvnYjwpP0zSU=; b=IhOGni+5Z0Z+jcRITW9YpuNuMrqKJ66R5ksih+61PGmaTiQ TY5PXNrE6fFoi6rBwa258p7id3y3kGT7WkrutQZaiFvQgp2zYwhpbT0XvGLNY/bH +96Y2ozrtBv/sTjxH2m9Gk8lF3ecIDliHI3R4b6MFtoXGqmMEtlaCzz1BHmI= X-Sasl-enc: VNfVvGzQhjNJtPEc1CfZ278xs1oXu8BpFX/2b4RAmjTR 1468860477 Received: from april.local (c-73-13-66-39.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.13.66.39]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 25DDAF29F5; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Regression tests vs existing users in an installation To: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org References: <16638.1468620817@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Peter Eisentraut Organization: 2ndQuadrant Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:47:56 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <16638.1468620817@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org 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. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers