Re: large object regression tests, take two

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Is this patch ready for application?

I think the sed usage would cause problems for the VC++ builds. It
would be good if the files could be reformulated as files in the input,
output or data directories; pg_regress would take care to generate the
files as needed.

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> Jeremy Drake wrote:
> > This is the latest version of the large object regression test I have been
> > working on. Note that a prerequisite for this version of the test is the
> > patch I made to psql to make it not output on \lo_* commands in quiet mode
> > is required (also attached, it's small).
> >
> > Sorry that it still makes use of the sed trickery like the copy test does,
> > but:
> >
> > 1) I think the server side lo_(import|export) functions need to be tested
> > as well as the psql variants
> >
> > 2) ISTM that making assumptions about the working directory of psql
> > during
> > the regression tests would open a can of worms, especially wrt VPATH
> > builds where the data files could be in a completely separate tree from
> > the regression tests.

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