Re: [HACKERS] psql & regress tests

On 1999-11-19, Jan Wieck mentioned:

>     I'm  actually  doing  some tests if the 'make check' would be
>     possible.  I.e. doing a  complete  install  with  POSTGRESDIR
>     below  the  regress  dir,  running initdb with the libdir and
>     datadir pointing into there too, then starting new postmaster
>     on a different port in background etc., etc., etc..
> 
>     That  would  make  it possible to do a complete check without
>     doing a regular install at all.

Wasn't that exactly what my conceptual script intended to do? Great to see
some other people thinking in the same direction. The main point is to
have the tests run before any installation is done. Sounds like we're on
track . . .

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