Re: [HACKERS] Regression tests vs existing users in an installation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Regression tests vs existing users in an installation
Date: 2019-11-26 21:10:15
Message-ID: 499f2909-d6e4-4f50-d88a-0e3dc9530f4e@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2019-06-29 19:21, Tom Lane wrote:
> Stephen Frost<sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
>> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>>> We could make the new subdirectory be something specific like
>>> "src/test/modules/test_rolenames", but I think very likely we'll be
>>> wanting some additional test scripts that we likewise deem unsafe to
>>> run during "installcheck". So I'd rather choose a more generic module
>>> name, but I'm not sure what ... "unsafe_tests"?
>> Agreed but haven't got any particularly good suggestions on names..
> Hearing no better suggestions, I went with "unsafe_tests" in the
> attached.

I found this directory, and it seems like a good place to add some more
tests (other thread), but I'm puzzled why it's hidden under modules/,
since it's not, well, a module. Why is it not in src/test/?

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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