Hi, On 2022-10-05 08:16:37 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 04.10.22 01:41, Andres Freund wrote: > > BTW, shouldn't src/test/modules/unsafe_tests use the PG_TEST_EXTRA mechanism > > somehow? Seems not great to run it as part of installcheck-world, if we > > don't > > want to run it as part of installcheck. > > I think there are different levels and kinds of unsafeness. The ssl and > kerberos tests start open server processes on your machine. The > modules/unsafe_tests just make a mess of your postgres instance. The latter > isn't a problem when run against a temp instance.
I agree - but I suspect our definition of danger is reversed. For me breaking an existing cluster is a lot more likely to incur "real world" danger than starting a throway instance listening to tcp on localhost... Greetings, Andres Freund
