PostgreSQL development environment management script

Configuration settings

Setting for make

Config	Defaults	Description
MAKEFLAGS		make settings ex: '-j 4'

Setting for pg-env

Config	Defaults	Description
PGV	None	PostgreSQL Major Version or HEAD
GIT_DIR	${HOME}/gitwork	Your GIT workspace directory name
PG_DEV_NAME	postgresql-	Name of the source code folder (a git worktree)
PG_INST_NAME	<PG_DEV_NAME>-INST	Name of the install folder
PG_ENV_CFLAGS		Extra CFLAGS

PostgreSQL extra configs shall be stored in ${GIT_DIR}/pgconfigs/ in this naming convention:

pg${PGV}.conf
pg${PGV}-<Cluster #>.conf

Advance setting for pg-env

Config	Defaults	Description
PG_ENV_DEBUG		Set this var to non empty to print some debug info

Setting up environment

You can create ~/.pg-env with your global settings

You can create ./.pg-env with your per folder settings

You can also export PGV=<major version|HEAD>

PGPORT will be 5400 + PGV. When PGV is set to HEAD PGPORT is set to 5432 When working with multiple Clusters, passed on id is added as a prefix to PGPORT Note: Max 1 - 5 Clusters are allowed.

Setup

• Clone
• Symlink ln -s <Clone Dir>/pg-env ~/bin/pg-env

Setup commitfest Patch testing

Visit https://commitfest.postgresql.org/ and click on active commitfest and from the URL record CommitFest ID Now click on a commitfest entry and from the URL record commitfest Entry ID Ex: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/48/4962/ commitfest IS is 48 and Entry ID is 4962

chdir to folder where PostgreSQL source is cloned

For testing against development HEAD

pg-env commitfest 48 4962

For testing against a stable branch ex: release 12

pg-env commitfest 48 4962 REL_12_STABLE

Activate PostgreSQL Development Environment

source ~/bin/pg-env

Run distclean on PostgreSQL source

distclean

Compile PostgreSQL source and install

compile

Compile PostgreSQL contrib and install

compile_contrib

Start PostgreSQL

startdb <Clusters> ex: startdb startdb 1 2 3

Stop PostgtreSQL

stopdb <Clusters> ex: stopdb stopdb 1 2 3

Restart PostgreSQL

restartdb <Clusters> ex: restartdb restartdb 1 2 3

Remove PGDATA

cleandb <Clusters> ex: cleandb cleandb 1 2 3

Initialize PostgreSQL Cluster and include custom config

setupdb <Clusters> ex: setupdb setupdb 1 2 3

Reset DB

resetdb <Clusters> ex: resetdb resetdb 1 2 3

Reset database and install direcotory

resetall <Clusters> ex: resetall resetall 1 2 3

deactivate the environment

deactivate Exit from pg-env