On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 5:17 PM Andres Freund wrote:
> I've seen more failures than I'd like. Permission errors, conflicting names,
> and similar things. But mainly that was a reference to running initdb, which
> I've broken temporarily many a time.
We've all temporarily broken initdb literally th
Hi,
On 2023-02-09 17:00:48 -0800, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:33 PM Andres Freund wrote:
> > I e.g. have a not-quite-done patch that creates a "template initdb", which
> > pg_regress and tap tests automatically use (except if non-default options
> > are
> > required), which
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:33 PM Andres Freund wrote:
> The individual test is actually named tmp_install. I thought it might be
> useful to add further things to the setup "stage", hence the more general
> name.
I did notice that, but only after sitting with my initial confusion for a while.
> I
Hi,
On 2023-02-09 15:34:34 -0800, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> Why not change the suite name to tmp_install? That immediately reminds
> me of what's really going on here, since I'm used to seeing that
> directory name. And it clashes with "--suite setup" in a way that
> seems useful.
The individual t
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 12:56 PM Andres Freund wrote:
> > * Isn't it confusing that we have a suite by that name, given that we
> > also need to use the unrelated --setup flag for some nearby testing
> > recipes?
>
> Hm. I don't find it particularly confusing, but I don't think I'm a good judge
> o
Hi,
On 2023-02-09 11:01:31 -0800, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> Currently, meson has a test suite named "setup". According to the
> Wiki, this is needed to get something equivalent to "make check", by
> running "meson test -v --suite setup --suite regress".
Yep.
> Some questions about this:
>
> * Is
Currently, meson has a test suite named "setup". According to the
Wiki, this is needed to get something equivalent to "make check", by
running "meson test -v --suite setup --suite regress".
Some questions about this:
* Isn't it confusing that we have a suite by that name, given that we
also need
