Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> In commit ed8a7c6fcf9 we added some extra tests to pgbench, including
> this snippet:
> \setshell two\
> expr \
> 1 + :one
> Unfortunately, this isn't portable, as I've just discovered at the cost
> of quite a bit of time. In particular, you can't assume expr is present
> and in the path on Windows.
Ugh.
> The Windows equivalent would be something like:
> \setshell two\
> @set /a c = 1 + :one && echo %c%
I wonder how universal that is, either.
> I propose to prepare a patch along these lines. Alternatively we could
> just drop it - I don't think the test matters all that hugely.
I'd say try that, but if it doesn't work right away, just skip the
test on Windows.
regards, tom lane