Re: configure's checks for --enable-tap-tests are insufficient

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org (Dagfinn Ilmari =?utf-8?Q?Manns=C3=A5ker?=)
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: configure's checks for --enable-tap-tests are insufficient
Date: 2018-03-20 13:55:52
Message-ID: 9696.1521554152@sss.pgh.pa.us
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ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org (Dagfinn Ilmari =?utf-8?Q?Manns=C3=A5ker?=) writes:
> Note that Fedora aren't the only ones to do this: Debian also splits the
> Perl core dist into multiple packages. The crucial difference is that
> on Debian installing the 'perl' package gives you the whole lot, while
> on Fedora that's just a subset (similar to Debian's 'perl-base'
> package); you have to install 'perl-core' to get everything.

Ah-hah. So it seems to me that it'd be a useful exercise to start
from perl-base and find out what has to be added to get to working
TAP tests. Anyone?

regards, tom lane

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