Re: Use \if/\endif to remove non-libxml2 expected output in regression tests - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Use \if/\endif to remove non-libxml2 expected output in regression tests
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Msg-id ai84rj69yTgrzH3g@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: Use \if/\endif to remove non-libxml2 expected output in regression tests  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Use \if/\endif to remove non-libxml2 expected output in regression tests
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 07:12:24PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
>> I would also like to drop xml_1.out with the previous trick \if, but
>> at the end if you feel that there is still value in keeping some
>> coverage for the multiple NO_XML_SUPPORT() paths, that's fine by me.
>> Removing half of the regression output update pain is still better
>> than removing none of it.
>
> I think it's worth covering, say, one of those paths, but we don't
> have to hit every one of the duplicate copies.  So what do you think
> of putting the early-exit \if after the first test that produces
> one of those failures?

Positioning the \if after the three initial INSERT queries (\if query
that counts the number of tuples inserted), like in the patch I have
posted upthread, is able to hit NO_XML_SUPPORT() in xmlin().  That
would be enough.  Would you agree with that?
--
Michael

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