Re: Add regression tests for COLLATE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Add regression tests for COLLATE
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Msg-id 51D81B59.3040200@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Add regression tests for COLLATE  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Add regression tests for COLLATE
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On 07/06/2013 09:12 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-07-03 14:17:20 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I agree.  I think it'd be a good idea to get the buildfarm to run the
>>> existing collate.utf8.linux test regularly on platforms where it
>>> passes, but this particular approach is valuable mostly because
>>> (supposedly) it was going to work everywhere.  However, it doesn't.
>> Hm. What about extending the existing resultmap logic to make that
>> possible in general? E.g. don't run the test if a file is mapped to an
>> empty expected file.
> Not a bad thought.
>

Or maybe just invent a magic result file name such as "none" or 
"do_not_run".

I'm not keen to have us build up a large patchwork of regression tests 
that run on some platforms and not on others, though.

cheers

andrew



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