Re: Inadequate traces in TAP tests

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Inadequate traces in TAP tests
Date: 2017-03-20 14:27:39
Message-ID: 3211f0c7-27c2-9c24-0c9e-e90f5c490051@2ndQuadrant.com
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On 03/20/2017 10:08 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I am *absolutely* not in favor of adding anything to the scripts' routine
> output, because it will just make this problem worse by bloating the
> buildfarm logs even more. What I'd like to see is for the scripts to
> always report something along the lines of "this is what I got, this is
> what I expected to get" --- but only when there is a failure. The less
> output there is from a successful test, the better, IMO.
>
>

The problem in the current instance is that the error occurred before it
ever tried to run a test. It died in the setup code for the test set.

cheers

andrew

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Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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