Re: Backslashes in string literals

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Oh, what I normally do is to look at regression.diff, and if that looks
> > OK, I just apply it to the expected file like this:
>
> > cd expected
> > patch < ../regression.diff
>
> Oh, that explains a few things ...
>
> It's much better to just copy the result file over the expected file
> once you've decided it's OK. The regression.diff file is inexact
> because of the diff switches that are used.

I am confused. patch dosen't make an indentical file? Example?

> If you need to update expected variants your machine doesn't generate,
> make a fresh regular diff off the expected and actual, and apply that
> to the other variants.

Ah, good point. I often forget about those.

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