Re: TAP tests - installcheck vs check

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 04/25/2017 10:45 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I agree entirely that it's confusing as heck. +1 for inventing a new name.

>> Yeah. I would have expected installcheck to just skip any tests that
>> don't make sense against an already-installed cluster. I would not
>> expect it to run those tests against some cluster other than the
>> installed cluster. That seems super-weird.

> I'm in the process of moving all the buildfarm tests to use check
> instead of installcheck, but in such a way that it doesn't constantly
> generate redundant installs.

But is that something only of interest to the buildfarm, or should we
do something in the Makefile infrastructure to make it more generally
available?

regards, tom lane