Re: Geometry regression tests (was Re: Alter domain)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> That's a pain.  Is there no way for config.guess to tell the difference
> >> between your system and the -STABLE versions?
>
> > As I remember, the issue is that the only info is in a system header
> > file.
>
> This is a bit of a kluge, but what about switching geometry over to the
> style Peter set up for locale differences?  Instead of calling out
> platform-by-platform expected files, we could arrange it so that
> pg_regress will accept a match on-the-fly to either of two (or more,
> but I think two will be enough now) geometry.out files.  Essentially
> we'd be saying that we don't really care whether specific platforms
> show positive or negative zeroes in that test.

I have to say I like this approach.  ALl our regression files are valid
in some way.

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