Re: XML regression test failure

On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 08:36 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > > Neil Conway wrote:
> > >> The regression.diffs are attached. Note that this reproduces
> > >> consistently, but only occurs if I use the "runtest" Makefile
> > >> target (i.e. run the regression tests in serial mode); "make
> > >> check" works fine, for example.
> > >
> > > You need to re-initdb.
> >
> > IOW someone forgot to bump catversion when committing a change that
> > invalidated the regression tests?
>
> No. I should have said you need to reinstall, when you run the test
> against an already installed instance. Once reinstalled, the
> catversion check will trigger.

The main point is the same as the catversion check however. There should
be a message that says "reinstall to correct this", just like the
catversion check does, or at very least a hint to say "have you tried a
reinstall to correct this?"

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Simon Riggs
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