Re: contrib/sepgsql regression tests are a no-go

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> As a stopgap, what about removing sepgsql from the list of contrib
>> modules tested by "make -C contrib check"?

> +1.

> In fact, I've been wondering if we ought to go a step further and not
> recurse into the sepgsql directory for *any* of the targets.

Hmm. That would be a lot cleaner than the alternatives I've thought
of so far for recursing for only some targets.

> Then we
> could get rid of the associated configure option, which no longer
> serves any other purpose, and just say that if you want to build (or
> regression-test) sepgsql, well, you gotta go to that directory and do
> it by hand.

The trouble with getting rid of configure support is that we lose the
opportunity to verify that you have a new-enough version of libselinux.
That's maybe not a big deal, but it's a point worth noting.

regards, tom lane