Re: Running a single test

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)tigerdata(dot)com>
To: Viktor Holmberg <v(at)viktorh(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Running a single test
Date: 2025-11-17 11:15:52
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TP1Pcz7KPu9u6XifgwdvQZ0+6Ezd0NH7j3iz1=XEgCJMA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Victor,

> Apologies if this is a n00b question - but really can’t find anything about it in the docs.
> I can run all the regression tests with `make test`. But is there a way to run a single specific test?
> It’d be nice to do this for example when adding extra assertions to a test, without touching the code.

I would recommend using Meson. It's much faster and Autotools support
will be removed in the future.

I have a little cheat sheet on the subject [1]. It's in Russian but
Google Translate will help. For instance you can do:

```
meson test -C build --suite postgresql:test_slru 'test_slru/regress'
```

If you believe there is room for improvement in the official
documentation, patches are welcome.

[1]: https://eax.me/2022/2022-12-19-postgresql-meson.html

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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