Re: pgsql: Add 'basebackup_to_shell' contrib module.

Andres Freund  writes:
> On 2022-03-30 12:34:34 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> One refinement that comes to mind as I look at the patch is to distinguish
>> between "check" and "installcheck".  Not sure that's worthwhile, but not
>> sure it isn't, either.

> As it's just about "free" to do so, I see no reason not to go for showing that
> difference.  How about:

> echo "+++ (tap|regress|isolation) [install-]check in $(subdir) +++" && \

WFM.

> I see no reason to distinguish the PGXS / non-PGXs tap installcheck cases?

Agreed.

> Random aside: Am I the only one bothered by a bunch of places in
> Makefile.global.in quoting like
>   $(MAKE) -C '$(top_builddir)' DESTDIR='$(abs_top_builddir)'/tmp_install install >'$(abs_top_builddir)'/tmp_install/log/install.log 2>&1
> and
>   rm -rf '$(CURDIR)'/tmp_check &&
> etc

Don't we need that to handle, say, build paths with spaces in them?
Admittedly we're probably not completely clean for such paths,
but that's not an excuse to break the places that do it right.

(I occasionally think about setting up a BF animal configured
like that, but haven't tried yet.)

			regards, tom lane