Re: PSPP Tests: 183

[John Darrington]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 08:21:42AM -0500, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
     >> ./get-data-psql.at:124: pg_ctl start -w -o "-k `pwd` -h ''"
     >> --- /dev/null   2012-02-04 13:45:32.000000000 -0500
     >> +++ 
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_aeetes_dports_math_pspp-devel/pspp-devel/work/pspp-0.7.9-gb367f5/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/183/stderr
      2012-02-04 13:46:32.000000000 -0500
     >> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
     >> +pg_ctl: could not start server
     >> +Examine the log output.
     >> stdout:
     >> waiting for server to start....LOG:  could not translate service 
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_aeetes_dports_math_pspp-devel/pspp-devel/work/pspp-0.7.9-gb367f5/tests/testsuite.dir/183/.s.PGSQL.6543"
 to address: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution
     >> WARNING:  could not create Unix-domain socket
     >> FATAL:  no socket created for listening
     > 
     > This is the crux of the problem. It couldn't create a Unix domain 
socket.  Quite why 
     > I'm not sure.  Is that path writable? I'm also unsure why name 
resolution is involved.
     > 
     > Maybe Mac doesn't support Unix-domain sockets. or perhaps there is 
something special
     > that has to be done to create them?
     
     Some Googling has left me at this page:
     http://nextmarvel.net/blog/2011/09/brew-install-postgresql-on-os-x-lion/
     
     It seems that, perhaps, the test isn't consistently calling the same psql? 
There is a system-provided one, but I told ./configure to use the one from 
MacPorts (env PG_CONFIG). The errors we're seeing were remedied by symlinking 
the non-system pgsql "into place". That's not something I'm comfortable doing 
to a user's system, as they would then rely on my installers for updates to it.

I don't think that link is talking about the same problem. 
     
It should not matter which binary you use to start the postgres server (unless 
it's broken 
of course).  It also should not matter if there is currently another server 
running.  That's
why we pass it the -k flag.

The postgres program should be trying to create a socket at 
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_aeetes_dports_math_pspp-devel/pspp-devel/work/pspp-0.7.9-gb367f5/tests/testsuite.dir/183/.s.PGSQL.6543"
 - For some reason it's not able to do so.  Check that the directory exists,
and other possible problems like that.   Also, Is there a equivalent of Syslogd 
in Mac?
That might give some clues.

J'


-- 
PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 
fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285  A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3
See http://keys.gnupg.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.

signature.asc
Description: Digital signature