Re: [HACKERS] TAP tests - installcheck vs check

On 04/25/2017 11:13 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> I'm in the process of moving all the buildfarm tests to use check
>> instead of installcheck, but in such a way that it doesn't constantly
>> generate redundant installs.
> But is that something only of interest to the buildfarm, or should we
> do something in the Makefile infrastructure to make it more generally
> available?


It already is. If you have a temp_install with all the required pieces
do "make NO_TEMP_INSTALL=1 check"

The logic I am adding to the buildfarm is essentially to install contrib
and test_modules in the temp install directory as part of their install
steps and to check that that's been done before using NO_TEMP_INSTALL.

cheers

andrew

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