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| author | Tom Lane | 2017-07-10 04:44:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2017-07-10 04:44:05 +0000 |
| commit | 260ba8525a6365cfb3251d619767cc6ae19ddff8 (patch) | |
| tree | c8b931477bf9481cfafad38a5b23fe5e98c8676c | |
| parent | 3834abe90c7359319d1909fdb69a40963276a690 (diff) | |
Doc: remove claim that PROVE_FLAGS defaults to '--verbose'.
Commit e9c81b601 changed this, but missed updating the documentation.
The adjacent claim that we use TAP tests only in src/bin seems pretty
obsolete as well. Minor other copy-editing.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml index 8229528bd4..7c2b1029c2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ make installcheck-world </para> <para> - The TAP tests are only run when PostgreSQL was configured with the + The TAP-based tests are run only when PostgreSQL was configured with the option <option>--enable-tap-tests</option>. This is recommended for development, but can be omitted if there is no suitable Perl installation. </para> @@ -664,20 +664,19 @@ float8:out:i.86-.*-openbsd=float8-small-is-zero.out <title>TAP Tests</title> <para> - The client program tests under <filename>src/bin</filename> use the Perl - TAP tools and are run by <command>prove</command>. You can pass + Various tests, particularly the client program tests + under <filename>src/bin</filename>, use the Perl TAP tools and are run + using the Perl testing program <command>prove</command>. You can pass command-line options to <command>prove</command> by setting the <command>make</command> variable <varname>PROVE_FLAGS</>, for example: <programlisting> -make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--reverse' +make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--timer' </programlisting> - The default is <literal>--verbose</literal>. See the manual page - of <command>prove</command> for more information. + See the manual page of <command>prove</command> for more information. </para> <para> - The tests written in Perl require the Perl - module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>. + The TAP tests require the Perl module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>. This module is available from CPAN or an operating system package. </para> </sect1> |