Re: tests for client programs

On Wed, January 15, 2014 06:30, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> As we all know, the client programs (src/bin/) don't have any real test
> suites. Some pieces are tested as part of the backend regression tests,
> some as part of the pg_upgrade test script, but nothing is specifically
> targeted, and pg_basebackup for example is not tested at all.
>
> So I wrote something.
>
> I chose to use Perl-based tools, prove and Test::More, because those are
> available in a standard Perl installation, and we already require that.
>

> [ 0001-Add-TAP-tests-for-client-programs.patch ]

With perl 5.18.2, in centos 6.5; system provided perl 5.10 has the same problem.

The seems to be a dependency on IPC::Run

I can install that, of course... but I suppose you want to make this work without that.

Thanks,

Erik Rijkers