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| author | Tom Lane | 2018-06-19 23:30:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2018-06-19 23:30:50 +0000 |
| commit | c992dca26e2b7d02ec7d43f2b71ff23d77e39f27 (patch) | |
| tree | d87775c7a800e40bac9fd6d71b5895bb9d324198 /src/test/recovery | |
| parent | 9bab9cb36ad9186c9898703106b545d6dbb2aa24 (diff) | |
Clarify the README files for the various separate TAP-based test suites.
Explain the difference between "make check" and "make installcheck".
Mention the need for --enable-tap-tests (only some of these did so
before). Standardize their wording about how to run the tests.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/test/recovery')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/test/recovery/README | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/README b/src/test/recovery/README index 93bdcf4fed6..a1e1aa1be1c 100644 --- a/src/test/recovery/README +++ b/src/test/recovery/README @@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ This directory contains a test suite for recovery and replication. Running the tests ================= - make check +NOTE: You must have given the --enable-tap-tests argument to configure. +Run + make check or - make installcheck +You can use "make installcheck" if you previously did "make install". +In that case, the code in the installation tree is tested. With +"make check", a temporary installation tree is built from the current +sources and then tested. -NOTE: This creates a temporary installation (in the case of "check"), -and some tests may create one or multiple nodes, be they master or -standby(s) for the purpose of the tests. - -NOTE: This requires the --enable-tap-tests argument to configure. +Either way, this test initializes, starts, and stops several test Postgres +clusters. |