On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 12:28 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Yeah, what is the point of this?: > > -# Adjust REGRESS_OPTS because we need a UTF8 database > -REGRESS_OPTS = --dbname=$(CONTRIB_TESTDB) --multibyte=UTF8 --no-locale > +# We need a UTF8 database +ENCODING = UTF8 +NO_LOCALE = 1 > > > Wouldn't it have worked just to change the way we spelled the option > name in the REGRESS_OPTS line?
It would have, but this way you have the same uniform interface everywhere. For example, you can easily override the encoding that that test prescribes. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
