Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> That only works for make check, not make installcheck.
> Configuration affects what can be tested in installcheck, that's quite
> natural. I would be happy with simply adding an alternative expected
> output file for min_prepared_xacts=0 case. Like we've done for xml test
> cases, for example, though that's a compile-time option.
Hmm, that's true; the xml case is a relevant precedent. This would be
a pretty low-effort way of addressing the problem. Another nice thing
about it is that we'd stop having a default max_prepared_transactions
value that's completely useless (5 is guaranteed to be either too much
or not enough...)
regards, tom lane
