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Slight mods to explain (or try to) the new regression tests

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@ -15,25 +15,24 @@ Preparation
'expected.out' file. The localization replaces macros in the source
files with absolute pathnames and user names.
The 'expected.input' file and the 'sample.regress.out' file
Directory Layout
The 'expected.input' file was created on a SPARC Solaris 2.4 system
using the 'postgres5-1.02a5.tar.gz' source tree. It has been compared
with a file created on an I386 Solaris 2.4 system and the differences
are only in the floating point polygons in the 3rd digit to the right
of the decimal point. (see below)
input/ .... .source files that are converted using 'make all' into
.sql files in the 'sql' subdirectory
The 'sample.regress.out' file is from the postgres-1.01 release
constructed by Jolly Chen and is included here for reference. It may
have been created on a DEC ALPHA machine as the 'Makefile.global'
in the postgres-1.01 release has PORTNAME=alpha.
output/ ... .source files that are converted using 'make all' into
.out files in the 'expected' subdirectory
sql/ ...... .sql files used to perform the regression tests
expected/ . .out files that represent what we *expect* the results to
look like
results/ .. .out files that represent what the results *actually* look
like
Running the regression test
Change directory to the regression test directory:
cd ...../src/test/regress
If you have prevously invoked the regression test, clean up the
working directory with:
@ -43,9 +42,9 @@ Running the regression test
make all runtest
Normally, the regression test should be run as the 'postgres' user as the
Normally, the regression test should be run as the pg_superuser as the
'src/test/regress' directory and sub-directories are owned by the
'postgres' user. If you run the regression test as another user the
pg_superuser. If you run the regression test as another user the
'src/test/regress' directory should be writeable to that user.
Comparing expected/actual output
@ -118,4 +117,18 @@ DATE/TIME differences
entries that use the time -infinity display with year 1970 plus/minus the
number of hours you are different from GMT.
--------[ old stuff that needs to be rewritten ]-----
The 'expected.input' file and the 'sample.regress.out' file
The 'expected.input' file was created on a SPARC Solaris 2.4 system
using the 'postgres5-1.02a5.tar.gz' source tree. It has been compared
with a file created on an I386 Solaris 2.4 system and the differences
are only in the floating point polygons in the 3rd digit to the right
of the decimal point. (see below)
The 'sample.regress.out' file is from the postgres-1.01 release
constructed by Jolly Chen and is included here for reference. It may
have been created on a DEC ALPHA machine as the 'Makefile.global'
in the postgres-1.01 release has PORTNAME=alpha.