Re: Rewriting the test of pg_upgrade as a TAP test - take three - remastered set

On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 12:07:29AM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
>> +++ b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/t/001_basic.pl
>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>> +use strict;
>> +use warnings;
>> +
>> +use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
>> +use Test::More tests => 8;
>
> Outdated.

Fixed.

>> +program_help_ok('pg_upgrade');
>> +program_version_ok('pg_upgrade');
>> +program_options_handling_ok('pg_upgrade');
>
> Unrelated. But I kinda wish we'd do this in a saner manner than copying this
> test into every binary. E.g. by ensuring that all tools installed in the temp
> install are tested or such.

Perhaps. I am sticking with the existing style for now.

>> +# The test of pg_upgrade consists in setting up an instance. This is the
>> +# source instance used for the upgrade. Then a new and fresh instance is
>> +# created, and is used as the target instance for the upgrade.
>
> This seems a bit repetitive. Lots of "instance".

Indeed. I have reworked the whole, rather than just those three
sentences.

>> +if ( (defined($ENV{olddump}) && !defined($ENV{oldinstall}))
>> + || (!defined($ENV{olddump}) && defined($ENV{oldinstall})))
>
> Odd indentation. Spaces between parens?

Well, perltidy tells me that this is right.

>> +$newnode->init(extra => [ '--wal-segsize', '1', '--allow-group-access' ]);
>
> I'd copy the comments from test.sh wrt --wal-segsize,
> --allow-group-access.

Done.
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Michael