Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> This error message seems pretty thoroughly unhelpful though. Any ideas >> what it's unhappy about?
> I think we need to change the pg_regress error messages so that it > includes the command string that failed, at least for now. Done, but I bet it doesn't tell us anything we don't know already. > It will be either quoting problem or a vitual path problem, I am pretty > sure. The old shell script ran in a bourne-shell-like manner. But > calling system() from a C program will call the Windows command shell, > where the quoting rules are quite different. In src/include/port.h we have /* * Win32 needs double quotes at the beginning and end of system() * strings. If not, it gets confused with multiple quoted strings. * It also requires double-quotes around the executable name and * any files used for redirection. Other args can use single-quotes. * * See the "Notes" section about quotes at: * http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/COMMANDS/C/CMD.HTM */ The referenced link seems to be dead :-( but AFAICS the pg_regress code is following the stated rules. Also, how is it getting past the "make install" step which is quoting things just the same? Puzzling. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
