Re: USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES breaks regression tests in 7.1.2?

Would it be possible to use the USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES compile option to only
change the default of a USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES GUC runtime option to be on?

Hmmm... then again that's kind of useless. It sounds like it should be a GUC
runtime option as you suggest, and that's about it.

Anyone want to put that on the TODO list?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

On Thursday 07 June 2001 19:49, Tom Lane wrote:
> Justin Clift <aa2(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au> writes:
> > a) Make the regression tests run in the GMT timezone (+0, no DST, etc)
> > and have the expected results also be in GMT.
>
> Not good since that would disable all exercising of DST-related
> functionality.
>
> > b) Have an alternate set of results available for the timestamp and
> > horology tests, automatically used when the regression tests are run with
> > USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES.
>
> Also not good, from a maintenance standpoint --- we have enough variants
> of those files already :-(.
>
> I am inclined to think that treating USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES as a compile
> time option was the wrong idea. It should be a runtime (GUC) option;
> then it can be switched off to run the regress tests, regardless of
> whether a particular installation keeps it on by default.
>
> regards, tom lane