Re: Show backtrace when tap tests fail

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> On 09/19/2017 01:31 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>>> # Include module showing backtraces upon failures. As it's a
>>> non-standard module, don't fail if not installed.
>>> eval { use Carp::Always; }
>
>> Or maybe Devel::Confess ?
>
> Neither one seems to be present in a standard Perl installation :-(

No, hence making it optional via eval { }. That way we can get more
useful output from the buildfarm (and Travis) by installing it there,
without imposing extra dependencies on end users.

We already depend on one non-core module (IPC::Run), so presumably we
could add others, but I presume the threshold for that is quite high.

- ilmari
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