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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml index 1e970aaa93e..d04a5088f07 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.43 2004/12/02 20:35:45 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.44 2004/12/03 17:46:19 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="regress"> <title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title> @@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ gmake check <filename>src/test/regress</filename> and run the command there.) This will first build several auxiliary files, such as some sample user-defined trigger functions, and then run the test driver - script. On some platforms if you want perform a <literal>make check<literal> - without installing it first, you have to build with: - <literal>configure --disable-rpath</>. - At the end you should see something like script. At the end you should see something like <screen> <computeroutput> @@ -86,6 +82,19 @@ gmake check </para> <para> + If you have configured <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to install + into a location where an older <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> + installation already exists, and you perform <literal>gmake check</> + before installing the new version, you may find that the tests fail + because the new programs try to use the already-installed shared + libraries. (Typical symptoms are complaints about undefined symbols.) + If you wish to run the tests before overwriting the old installation, + you'll need to build with <literal>configure --disable-rpath</>. + It is not recommended that you use this option for the final installation, + however. + </para> + + <para> The parallel regression test starts quite a few processes under your user ID. Presently, the maximum concurrency is twenty parallel test scripts, which means sixty processes: there's a server process, a |