Skip pg_baseback long filename test if path too long on Windows

adunstan · adunstan · commit 1fa25ce70f09 · 2023-07-06T12:27:40.000-04:00
On Windows, it's sometimes difficult to create a file with a path longer than 255 chars, and if it can be created it might not be seen by the archiver. This can be triggered by the test for tar backups with filenames greater than 100 bytes. So we skip that test if the path would exceed 255. Backpatch to all live branches. Reviewed by Daniel Gustafsson Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/666ac55b-3400-fb2c-2cea-0281bf36a53c@dunslane.net
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -310,21 +310,23 @@
 	[ @pg_basebackup_defs, '-D', "$tempdir/backup_foo", '-Fp', "-Tfoo" ],
 	'-T with invalid format fails');
 
-# Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
-# Create the test file via a short name directory so it doesn't blow the
-# Windows path limit.
-my $lftmp = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::tempdir_short;
-dir_symlink "$pgdata", "$lftmp/pgdata";
 my $superlongname = "superlongname_" . ("x" x 100);
-my $superlongpath = "$lftmp/pgdata/$superlongname";
+# Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
+SKIP:
+{
+	my $superlongpath = "$pgdata/$superlongname";
 
-open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
-  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
-close $file;
-$node->command_fails(
-	[ @pg_basebackup_defs, '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
-	'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
-unlink "$superlongpath";
+	skip "File path too long", 1
+	  if $windows_os && length($superlongpath) > 255;
+
+	open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
+	  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
+	close $file;
+	$node->command_fails(
+		[ @pg_basebackup_defs, '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
+		'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
+	unlink "$superlongpath";
+}
 
 # The following tests are for symlinks.
 
