Andrew Dunstan <andrew.duns...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Here's how cross version upgrade testing works. It uses a cached version of
> the binaries and data directory. The cache is only refreshed if there's a
> buildfarm run on that branch. If not, the cached version will just sit there
> till kingdom come. So all this should normally need for the non-live branches
> is a one-off adjustment in the cached version of the regression database
> along the lines I have indicated. My cached versions of 9.2 and 9.3 are two
> years old.
Hmm, okay, so patching this on gitmaster wouldn't help anyway.
> But another alternative would be to have the buildfarm module run (on
> versions older than 9.5):
> drop operator @#@ (NONE, bigint);
> CREATE OPERATOR @#@ (
> PROCEDURE = factorial,
> RIGHTARG = bigint
> );
> On reflection I think that's probably the simplest solution. It will avoid
> any surprises if the cached version is rebuilt, and at the same time preserve
> testing the prefix operator.
Works for me.
regards, tom lane
