David E. Wheeler wrote: > On Jan 7, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> wrote: > > >>> Also worth noting: the only reason I'm using pg_regress is it's the > >>> easiest > >>> way to get a test cluster. If not for that, I'd just use pg_prove since > >>> I'm > >>> already using pgTap. > >> > >> In 9.5 you might want to "use PostgresNode" which allows you to initdb > >> and such. > > > > Oooh, thanks! I might well just copy that into my pgxntool utility. > > Is this documented somewhere?
Not in detail. Patches welcome; see the "regress-tap" sect1 in doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml. > If it’s Perl, seems like it’d only be useful for those of us who compile from > source, yes? Feel free to submit patches for discussion to install the modules. We already install pg_regress under lib/pgxs/src/test/regress/ so I see no reason we couldn't install the Perl test modules somewhere. If you hurry you can still make it to 9.6's last commitfest. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
