Re: pg_regress updates for vc++ bulid

Yes, please. Provided there are no objections and that it looks ok, of
course ;-)

//Magnus

On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:22:20PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> Would you like this applied?
>
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> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > Per some previous discussion that I can't really recall if it was on or
> > > off list, here is a WIP patch to make pg_regress run completely outside
> > > of msys on win32.
> > >
> > > The change needed is that the processing of files from input/ and
> > > output/ into sql/ and expected/ is moved from the Makefile and into
> > > pg_regress itself.
> > >
> > > I have tested on Win32 non-MSVC and on Linux (non-VPATH), and it appears
> > > to work there.
> > >
> > > Still to be done is the "make install" part on MSVC build, currently
> > > #ifdef:ed out. While working on that, I'd appreciate some comments on
> > > the patch in general - if there are more things I need to fix before it
> > > can be considered. Particularly I'm concerned around the VPATH stuff,
> > > since I've never used that myself.
> >
> >
> > Here's the patch without the WIP tag. It works for me per above, and
> > also for a "check" (not just "installcheck") on msvc built without msys.
> >
> > Again, the vpath part is the one I'm most unsure about, but I'm sure
> > there could be other parts.
> >
> > Hopefully this will make it possible to get the msvc build up on the
> > buildfarm not too long from now.
> >
> > Also, as in the first patch but not noted, this one makes it possible to
> > run the regression tests as an admin account "the proper way" on both
> > mingw and msvc.
> >
> > //Magnus
>