Re: configure's checks for --enable-tap-tests are insufficient

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: configure's checks for --enable-tap-tests are insufficient
Date: 2018-03-20 02:07:18
Message-ID: CAMsr+YHe6KXwqQf6pJaQx_Ny2AkeA40i31y6JGDpFJ__ZOKZDQ@mail.gmail.com
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On 19 March 2018 at 23:56, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

$ make -j check-world
> ... runs for awhile and then fails
> ... much excavation finds a complaint about Time::HiRes not being installed
> $ sudo yum install perl-Time-HiRes
>
>
That's absurd. Time::HiRes is a core module, as is Test::More. Sigh.

Yes, looks like tests are necessary. I'd argue it's "test for broken Perl"
but apparently Fedora think they should split the Perl core dist into tiny
pieces.

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