Re: Another usability issue with our TAP tests

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> How about something like this:

> -PG_PROVE_FLAGS = -I $(top_srcdir)/src/test/perl/ -I $(srcdir)
> +PG_PROVE_FLAGS = -I $(top_srcdir)/src/test/perl/ -I $(srcdir) --state=save

Cute idea, but it seems not to work with older versions of prove:

$ which prove
/usr/local/perl5.8.3/bin/prove
$ prove --state=save
Unknown option: s

We could just do a "touch .prove_running" beforehand and an "rm" after,
perhaps (I think Michael suggested something like that already).

            regards, tom lane