pg_regress: referencing shared objects from tests

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Hi,

we would like to be able to use and ****p pg_regress and the PostgreSQL 
test suite independently of the PostgreSQL build environment, for 
testing and maybe even as a separate package to be build and ****pped 
with the OS for others to test their setup. Does this sound like a sane 
and OK thing to do?

I have a problem with one of the tests (create_function_1.source):

---------8<----------------8<----------------8<----------------8<-------
      20 CREATE FUNCTION int44out(city_budget)
      21    RETURNS cstring
      22    AS '@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'
      23    LANGUAGE C STRICT;
      24
      25 CREATE FUNCTION check_primary_key ()
      26         RETURNS trigger
      27         AS '@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'
      28         LANGUAGE C;
....
      35 CREATE FUNCTION autoinc ()
      36         RETURNS trigger
      37         AS
'@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'
      38         LANGUAGE C;
---------8<----------------8<----------------8<----------------8<-------

(The ../../../contrib/spi-path does not exist outside of the build 
environment, so to be able to run the test you need to have source code, 
compilers, ...)

I could work around this problem by copying the needed shared objects to 
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 as part of make or make check, I could add a 
“–look-for-shared-objects-here” parameter to pg_regress, and you 
probably have other suggestions.

Is this something we want to fix, and what would be the right way to do 
it? (I have no problem providing a patch.)

-Jørgen
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Jørgen Austvik, Software Engineering - QA
Sun Microsystems Database Group

http://blogs.sun.com/austvik,
http://www.autvik.net/

Sun Microsystems AS
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N-7485 Trondheim, Norway


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