Re: Should we use make -k on the buildfarm?

On 11/08/2010 03:38 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut<peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> On mån, 2010-11-08 at 15:01 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> First, the buildfarm doesn't build the docs. That's a deliberate
>>> decision, based on the fact that not every member has the required
>>> software installed. And second these targets only exist for 9.0 and/or
>>> later.
>> I'm aware of those issues. I'm just saying you could consolidate things
>> along those lines in the long term.
> Probably not: your proposal depends on having "make" available, which it
> won't be for Windows builds. I doubt Andrew wishes to implement
> make-equivalent logic in the buildfarm script.

No, and what is more, it runs counter to the philosophy of the
buildfarm, which is basically to do by automation what a human would do
by hand in building and testing Postgres.

cheers

andrew