Re: pg_regress --temp-keep

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Reini Urban <rurban(at)x-ray(dot)at>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_regress --temp-keep
Date: 2004-10-15 18:11:11
Message-ID: 11721.1097863871@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Reini Urban <rurban(at)x-ray(dot)at> writes:
> Bruce Momjian schrieb:
>> Uh, why would someone use this option?

> after fixing a minor issue, not to wait for a full
> de-install / install and test database loss.
> minor issues can be regression tests updates, or updated single binaries.

Personally I find that "make installcheck" is the better way to handle
such scenarios. This assumes of course that you have a playpen
installation you're working with, but it's hard to imagine doing
development without one.

regards, tom lane

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