Re: gmake -C regress check failure

>
> Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de> writes:
> > I've installed postgresql-7.3.2 on HP-UX yesterday.
> > When running 'gmake -C regress check'
> > the process does not return.
>
> See doc/FAQ_HPUX:
>
> : The parallel regression test script (gmake check) is known to lock
up
> : when run under HP's Bourne shells: /usr/bin/sh and /sbin/sh.  This
is a
> : known defect JAGad84609, the fix for which is not yet in any
released
> : HP-UX version or shell patches.  To work around it, use ksh to run
the
> : regression script:
> :     gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check
> :
> : If you see that the tests have stopped making progress and only a
shell
> : process is consuming CPU, kill the shell process and start over with
the
> : above command.
>
Thanks. 'gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check' now reports  "All 89 tests passed."

Regards, Christoph