Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> I tried to run the test from another directory with this patch >> installed, and found that it didn't work because it's replacing >> @abs_builddir@ in the input files improperly (to the current path; it >> should be using the output dir path, I think)
> I think the appropriate interface would be adding another option to > pg_regress called --workdir or --tempdir, which defaults to PWD, and > write the converted sql files there, and then look for the sql files to > execute in workdir/sql and in inputdir/sql. In some way, this copies > the vpath search mechanism. That would be required to make pg_regress run as far as its own facilities are concerned. But I think Alvaro is worried about something at a higher level: the regression test process as a whole has some directory layout assumptions built into it, particularly in regards to where to find .so's. If we don't have a workable solution for that it's not really going to help to change pg_regress like this. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers