Re: Rewriting the test of pg_upgrade as a TAP test - take three - remastered set

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-10-11T00:40:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 04:07:43PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 03.10.21 09:03, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:34:38PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Maybe we could leave test.sh in place for awhile?  I'd rather
>>> not cause a flag day for buildfarm owners.  (Also, how do we
>>> see this working in the back branches?)
>> 
>> I would be fine with test.sh staying around for now.
> 
> test.sh could be changed to invoke the TAP test.

That would remove the possibility to run the tests of pg_upgrade with
--enable-tap-tests, which is the point I think Tom was making, because
TestUpgrade.pm in the buildfarm code just uses "make check" as of the
following:
$cmd = "cd $self->{pgsql}/src/bin/pg_upgrade && $make $instflags check";
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Improve and fix some issues in the TAP tests of pg_upgrade

  2. Fix several issues with the TAP tests of pg_upgrade

  3. Make upgradecheck a no-op in MSVC's vcregress.pl

  4. Switch the regression tests of pg_upgrade to use TAP tests

  5. Fix check for PGHOST[ADDR] in pg_upgrade with Windows and temporary paths

  6. Remove REGRESS_OUTPUTDIR environment variable.

  7. Add PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster::config_data()