Fix race condition in t/028_pitr_timelines.pl.

nmisch · nmisch · commit 0806cd29be01 · 2022-07-01T18:27:24.000-07:00
Per buildfarm members sungazer and mylodon. Back-patch to v15, which introduced this test. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20220627070457.GA2176699@rfd.leadboat.com
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/028_pitr_timelines.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/028_pitr_timelines.pl
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@
 # back to this timeline.
 $node_pitr->safe_psql('postgres', "INSERT INTO foo VALUES(3);");
 
+# Wait for the archiver to be running.  The startup process might have yet to
+# exit, in which case the postmaster has not started the archiver.  If we
+# stop() without an archiver, the archive will be incomplete.
+$node_pitr->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT true FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE backend_type = 'archiver';")
+  or die "Timed out while waiting for archiver to start";
+
 # Stop the node.  This archives the last segment.
 $node_pitr->stop();
 
