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3 | 3 | <chapter id="regress"> |
4 | 4 | <title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title> |
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ gmake check |
47 | 47 | <filename>src/test/regress</filename> and run the command there.) |
48 | 48 | This will first build several auxiliary files, such as |
49 | 49 | some sample user-defined trigger functions, and then run the test driver |
50 | | - script. On some platforms if you want perform a <literal>make check<literal> |
51 | | - without installing it first, you have to build with: |
52 | | - <literal>configure --disable-rpath</>. |
53 | | - At the end you should see something like |
54 | 50 | script. At the end you should see something like |
55 | 51 | <screen> |
56 | 52 | <computeroutput> |
@@ -85,6 +81,19 @@ gmake check |
85 | 81 | Alternatively, run the tests after installation. |
86 | 82 | </para> |
87 | 83 |
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| 84 | + <para> |
| 85 | + If you have configured <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to install |
| 86 | + into a location where an older <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> |
| 87 | + installation already exists, and you perform <literal>gmake check</> |
| 88 | + before installing the new version, you may find that the tests fail |
| 89 | + because the new programs try to use the already-installed shared |
| 90 | + libraries. (Typical symptoms are complaints about undefined symbols.) |
| 91 | + If you wish to run the tests before overwriting the old installation, |
| 92 | + you'll need to build with <literal>configure --disable-rpath</>. |
| 93 | + It is not recommended that you use this option for the final installation, |
| 94 | + however. |
| 95 | + </para> |
| 96 | + |
88 | 97 | <para> |
89 | 98 | The parallel regression test starts quite a few processes under your |
90 | 99 | user ID. Presently, the maximum concurrency is twenty parallel test |
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