Re: Portability issues in TAP tests

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Fanghaenel <tfanghaenel(at)salesforce(dot)com>, Christoph Berg <cb(at)df7cb(dot)de>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Portability issues in TAP tests
Date: 2014-07-21 19:41:15
Message-ID: 53CD6CDB.6010105@dunslane.net
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On 07/21/2014 02:40 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Mmph. Well, I don't want to install a non-default Perl on my system
>> just to make these tests pass, and I don't think that should be a
>> requirement.
> I had the same feeling about the Perl on RHEL6 ;-). The TAP tests
> will need to be a great deal more portable than they've proven so far
> before they'll really be useful for anything much. I trust we're
> committed to making that happen.
>
>

I'd be rather inclined to remove them from the check-world and
installcheck-world targets until we have dealt with the issues people
have identified.

cheers

andrew

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