Re: pgsql: pg_regress: Don't use absolute paths for the diff

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgsql: pg_regress: Don't use absolute paths for the diff
Date: 2019-02-23 00:39:36
Message-ID: 20190223003936.GF6197@tamriel.snowman.net
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Greetings,

* Michael Paquier (michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz) wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 03:26:35PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> > that's useless, because I can't trivially copy the result file into the
> > expected file anymore. I have to figure out where in the tree it
> > is. Which isn't exactly predictable, between the different tests we
> > have as they locate their test results in different places.
>
> I haven't paid much attention to this commit, but the new behavior is
> likely something which will become annoying in some not-so-far future
> for me as well.
>
> > This is a bad idea.
>
> +1.

Yeah, same here, if I can't easily copy the result file into the
expected file, I'm going to be *most* annoyed...

Thanks!

Stephen

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