Re: Improving test coverage of extensions with pg_dump

Andres Freund wrote:

> > As I recall, Andrew Dunstan has a module that
> > tests cross-version pg_upgrade and one thing he does is dump both and
> > compare; the problem is that there are differences, so he keeps a count
> > of how many lines he expect to differ between any two releases.
> 
> I'm not suggesting to do anything cross-release - that'd indeed be
> another ballpark.

Ah, you're right.

> Just that instead of a pg_dump test that tests some individual things we
> have one that tests the whole regression test output and then does a
> diff?

Sorry if I'm slow -- A diff against what?

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