Fix port_db on empty db (#9930)

... and test it.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py b/.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py
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+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+import psycopg2
+
+# a very simple replacment for `psql`, to make up for the lack of the postgres client
+# libraries in the synapse docker image.
+
+# We use "postgres" as a database because it's bound to exist and the "synapse" one
+# doesn't exist yet.
+db_conn = psycopg2.connect(
+    user="postgres", host="postgres", password="postgres", dbname="postgres"
+)
+db_conn.autocommit = True
+cur = db_conn.cursor()
+for c in sys.argv[1:]:
+    cur.execute(c)