Re: master check fails on Windows Server 2008

On 20-02-2018 21:23, Tom Lane wrote:
> Marina Polyakova <m.polyakova@postgrespro.ru> writes:
>> On 20-02-2018 3:37, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> 4. Try to tweak the stats_ext.sql test conditions in some more 
>>> refined
>>> way to get the test to pass everywhere.  This'd be a lot of work with
>>> no guarantee of success, so I'm not too excited about it.
> 
>> Thank you for your explanations! I'll try to do something in this
>> direction..
> 
> OK.  The least painful fix might be to establish a different work_mem
> setting just for that one query.
> 
> However, if you're intent on putting work into continued support of
> --disable-float8-byval, I would *strongly* suggest setting up a 
> buildfarm
> member that runs that way, because otherwise we're pretty much 
> guaranteed
> to break it again.

Oh, thank you again!

> I continue to wonder if it's not better to just remove
> the option and thereby simplify our lives.  What's the actual value of
> having it anymore?

I agree with you, but I have too little experience to vote for removing 
this option.

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Marina Polyakova
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