On 07/06/2013 09:12 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-07-03 14:17:20 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> I agree. I think it'd be a good idea to get the buildfarm to run the
>>> existing collate.utf8.linux test regularly on platforms where it
>>> passes, but this particular approach is valuable mostly because
>>> (supposedly) it was going to work everywhere. However, it doesn't.
>> Hm. What about extending the existing resultmap logic to make that
>> possible in general? E.g. don't run the test if a file is mapped to an
>> empty expected file.
> Not a bad thought.
>
Or maybe just invent a magic result file name such as "none" or
"do_not_run".
I'm not keen to have us build up a large patchwork of regression tests
that run on some platforms and not on others, though.
cheers
andrew