On 7/1/21 11:01 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: >> On 6/22/21 5:11 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >>> Here's a couple of draft-quality patches --- one for initdb, one >>> for the buildfarm --- to implement this idea. These are just >>> lightly tested; in particular I've not had the patience to run >>> full BF cycles to see how much is actually saved. >> Looks OK for the buildfarm patch. I wonder if we just want to run initdb >> once with --clobber-cache instead of once per locale? > So, where do we want to go with these? > > I'm inclined to argue that it's okay to sneak the initdb change into > v14, on the grounds that it's needed to fully exploit the change > from CLOBBER_CACHE_ALWAYS to debug_invalidate_system_caches_always. > Without it, there is no way to do CCA testing on the bootstrap process > except by reverting to the old hard-wired way of doing things. > > Having pushed that, we could try out the buildfarm side of the > change and verify it's okay. > >
Seems reasonable. I don't have a CCA animal any more, but I guess I could set up a test. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
