Re: pg_regress: dbname in PostgreSQL test suite

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jorgen Austvik - Sun Norway <Jorgen(dot)Austvik(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_regress: dbname in PostgreSQL test suite
Date: 2008-05-28 14:32:51
Message-ID: 28080.1211985171@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jorgen Austvik - Sun Norway <Jorgen(dot)Austvik(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> pg_regress has a --dbname option (which actually take a list of database
> names):

> --dbname=DB use database DB (default \"regression\")

> ... but the PostgreSQL regression test suite does not really support this:

That option is intended for running other sets of regression tests
(eg, the contrib ones are customarily run in contrib_regression).
I see zero value in trying to make the standard tests run under
some other database name.

regards, tom lane

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