Re: Default make target in test modules

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I happened to notice that if you type "make" in
>> src/test/modules/test_pg_dump, you will get a "make check" action
>> not "make all".

> Strange. Don't all these makefiles depend on the pgxs stuff emitting
> something sane, which would have "all" as the first one? ... Ooh, I see
> that test_pg_dump adds "check" before including pgxs, which is what
> AFAICS causes the problem.

Right.

> I suppose this is a very easy mistake to make -- but also fortunately an
> easy one to correct. Do you want me to fix the affected modules?

I was going to do it, but if you want to, feel free.

(BTW, I notice that test_pg_dump's Makefile misquotes its own path name,
probably copy-paste sloppiness.)

regards, tom lane