Re: gmake check runs just 13 tests instead of 77

"Mr OCP" <mr_ocp@hotmail.com> writes:
> I am testing the beta 5 version of 7.3, by using make check under solaris 7
> and 8 and it runs just 13 tests as against 77 tests as indicated in the
> README.regression,

I believe this problem is now fixed --- the pg_regress script was
making an unportable assumption about the behavior of 'awk'.  If you
want to try it, apply the attached patch.

            regards, tom lane

*** src/test/regress/pg_regress.sh.orig    Sat Oct 19 13:30:30 2002
--- src/test/regress/pg_regress.sh    Wed Nov 13 11:40:23 2002
***************
*** 545,560 ****
          formatted=`echo $1 | awk '{printf "%-20.20s", $1;}'`
          $ECHO_N "test $formatted ... $ECHO_C"

!     # use awk to properly output backslashes
!         (echo "SET autocommit TO 'on';"; awk 'BEGIN {printf "\\set ECHO all\n"}'; cat "$inputdir/sql/$1.sql") |
          $PSQL -d "$dbname" >"$outputdir/results/$1.out" 2>&1
      else
          # Start a parallel group
          $ECHO_N "parallel group ($# tests): $ECHO_C"
          for name do
              (
!           # use awk to properly output backslashes
!               (echo "SET autocommit TO 'on';"; awk 'BEGIN {printf "\\set ECHO all\n"}'; cat
"$inputdir/sql/$name.sql")| 
            $PSQL -d $dbname >"$outputdir/results/$name.out" 2>&1
                $ECHO_N " $name$ECHO_C"
              ) &
--- 545,566 ----
          formatted=`echo $1 | awk '{printf "%-20.20s", $1;}'`
          $ECHO_N "test $formatted ... $ECHO_C"

!         (cat <<EOF
! SET autocommit TO 'on';
! \\set ECHO all
! EOF
!      cat "$inputdir/sql/$1.sql") | \
          $PSQL -d "$dbname" >"$outputdir/results/$1.out" 2>&1
      else
          # Start a parallel group
          $ECHO_N "parallel group ($# tests): $ECHO_C"
          for name do
              (
!           (cat <<EOF
! SET autocommit TO 'on';
! \\set ECHO all
! EOF
!            cat "$inputdir/sql/$name.sql") | \
            $PSQL -d $dbname >"$outputdir/results/$name.out" 2>&1
                $ECHO_N " $name$ECHO_C"
              ) &