Re: TAP test breakage on MacOS X

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: TAP test breakage on MacOS X
Date: 2014-10-30 23:53:54
Message-ID: 13228.1414713234@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2014-10-30 19:30:04 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> At some point down the road that value judgement might (hopefully will)
>> reverse, and then we could deal with it by making --enable-tap-tests the
>> default. But even then there would be a place for
>> --disable-tap-tests.

> Which would be what exactly?

Well, for example, you don't have and don't want to install IPC::Run.
Or you've tripped over some failure in the TAP tests (which might or
might not be an actual bug) but would like to complete your build anyway.

regards, tom lane

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