Re: Ignoring some binaries generated in src/test

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> The current logic in src/test/Makefile, particularly the way that
>>> the modules subdirectory is handled, seems pretty ugly/convoluted
>>> anyway. I wonder why it was done that way rather than just ensuring
>>> that modules/ doesn't do anything for "make install"?
>
>> Because we do want to have the Makefile in src/test/modules to install
>> the modules if "make install" is invoked there. That way, you can run
>> "make -C src/test/modules install installcheck", and it works.
>
> OK. I still wonder if there isn't a better way to get that effect, but
> I left it alone for now. I committed Michael's new .gitignore files and
> fixed the Makefiles so that "make clean" and friends clean up properly.

Thanks.
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Michael