Thread: Error with PostgreSQL 8.0 beta 2, in "make check" on Mac OS X (10.3.5)

I downloaded beta 2, unpacked it into its own directory, became (via
sudo) the "postgres" user, and did the whole "configure" and "make"
business.

When I ran "make check", all of the tests passed successfully, except
for the "geometry" test, which failed.  Looking at regression.diffs
(enclosed as an attachment), it looks like the fourth test was expected
to have a (-0, 0) for a result, but actually had a (0,0) as a result.
Obviously, -0 and 0 are mathematically equivalent, but "make check"
doesn't seem to think so!

Reuven

*** ./expected/geometry.out    Fri Oct 31 21:07:07 2003
--- ./results/geometry.out    Mon Sep 20 11:51:47 2004
***************
*** 117,123 ****
          | (5.1,34.5) | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (3,4)
          | (-5,-12)   | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (1,2)
          | (10,10)    | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (3,4)
!         | (0,0)      | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (-0,0)
          | (-10,0)    | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (0,0)
          | (-3,4)     | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (0.5,0.5)
          | (5.1,34.5) | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (6,6)
--- 117,123 ----
          | (5.1,34.5) | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (3,4)
          | (-5,-12)   | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (1,2)
          | (10,10)    | [(1,2),(3,4)]                 | (3,4)
!         | (0,0)      | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (0,0)
          | (-10,0)    | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (0,0)
          | (-3,4)     | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (0.5,0.5)
          | (5.1,34.5) | [(0,0),(6,6)]                 | (6,6)

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Reuven M. Lerner wrote:
> I downloaded beta 2, unpacked it into its own directory, became (via
> sudo) the "postgres" user, and did the whole "configure" and "make"
> business.
>
> When I ran "make check", all of the tests passed successfully, except
> for the "geometry" test, which failed.  Looking at regression.diffs
> (enclosed as an attachment), it looks like the fourth test was expected
> to have a (-0, 0) for a result, but actually had a (0,0) as a result.
> Obviously, -0 and 0 are mathematically equivalent, but "make check"
> doesn't seem to think so!

This is a known issue, thank you for the report.



Regards
Gaetano Mendola