Re: contrib/sepgsql regression tests are a no-go

2011/9/26 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp> writes:
>> How about this fix on regression test of sepgsql?
>
> IMO, the fundamental problem with the sepgsql regression tests is that
> they think they don't need to play by the rules that apply to every
> other PG regression test.  I don't think this patch is fixing that
> problem; it's just coercing pgxs.mk to assist in not playing by the
> rules, and adding still more undocumented complexity to the PGXS
> mechanisms in order to do so.
>
> If we have to have a nonstandard command for running the sepgsql
> regression tests, as it seems that we do, we might as well just make
> that an entirely local affair within contrib/sepgsql.
>
Are you suggesting to make a command/script to check OS environment
and run its own regression test without touching existing pg_regress
framework, even if it just utilizes existing options?
It seems to me re-inventment of a wheel....

Thanks,
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KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>