Re: Coverage improvements of src/bin/pg_basebackup and pg_receivewal --endpos

On 9/11/17 18:21, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I have committed this patch, after a perltidy run, but the way the libz
>> detection was implemented was a bit too hackish for me, so I have
>> omitted that for now.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> I think a more robust way would be to parse
>> Makefile.global, perhaps by a function in TestLib, so it can be reused
>> in other tests. (Even more robust would be to write out an actual Perl
>> file with configuration information somewhere, but maybe we don't need
>> to go there yet.) Or maybe have the respective make variables exported
>> when make check is called (could be included in the prove_check
>> variable?). Anyway, some more pondering could lead to a more general
>> solution.
>
> There is always room for improvement,

I interpret that as that you are not working on that right now, so I've
closed this patch.

--
Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services