Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2014-10-30 19:30:04 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> At some point down the road that value judgement might (hopefully will)
>> reverse, and then we could deal with it by making --enable-tap-tests the
>> default. But even then there would be a place for
>> --disable-tap-tests.
> Which would be what exactly?
Well, for example, you don't have and don't want to install IPC::Run.
Or you've tripped over some failure in the TAP tests (which might or
might not be an actual bug) but would like to complete your build anyway.
regards, tom lane