Re: [HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-18 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On sön, 2010-01-17 at 23:54 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >> I always assumed that it was printing the names as the tests finished, >> probably because of the way the output is staggered.  If they were >> printed when the tests were started, t

Re: [HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On sön, 2010-01-17 at 23:54 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > I always assumed that it was printing the names as the tests finished, > probably because of the way the output is staggered. If they were > printed when the tests were started, the list would be printed all but > simultaneously. Well, as lo

Re: [HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-17 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > There is something slightly funny about the regression test output. > When it starts a parallel group, it prints something like > > parallel group (14 tests):  select_views portals_p2 rules foreign_key > cluster dependency guc bitmapops co

Re: [HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-17 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > This is not actually going to work nicely in cases such as the number of > parallel tests being limited by max_connections. Er, no, I take that back: I was thinking that the status() function included checking of the output file, but it only prints the test name. Still, I'm not convinc

Re: [HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-17 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut writes: > I propose to adjust the behavior so that the "parallel group" line > prints the test names before/as the tests are started, and then the > subsequent lines print the results after the tests finish, as is > currently the case. This is not actually going to work nicely in

[HACKERS] parallel regression test output

2010-01-17 Thread Peter Eisentraut
There is something slightly funny about the regression test output. When it starts a parallel group, it prints something like parallel group (14 tests): select_views portals_p2 rules foreign_key cluster dependency guc bitmapops combocid tsearch tsdicts foreign_data window xmlmap One would think