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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml index 239250ae848..3f3d16f97c1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.13 2000/11/21 23:40:27 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/22 00:58:47 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="regress"> <title id="regress-title">Regression Tests</title> @@ -289,13 +289,14 @@ diff results/random.out expected/random.out <para> Each line in the mapping file is of the form <synopsis> -testname/platformnamepattern=comparisonfilename +testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename </synopsis> The test name is just the name of the particular regression test - module. The platform name pattern is a pattern in the style of - expr(1) (that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor + module. The platform pattern is a pattern in the style of + expr(1) (that is, a regular expression with an implicit + <literal>^</literal> anchor at the start). It is matched against the platform name as printed - by <filename>config.guess</filename> with an appended + by <filename>config.guess</filename> followed by <literal>:gcc</literal> or <literal>:cc</literal>, depending on whether you use the GNU compiler or the system's native compiler (on systems where there is a difference). The comparison file diff --git a/src/test/regress/README b/src/test/regress/README index ced6bb97254..7cfe65b2e55 100644 --- a/src/test/regress/README +++ b/src/test/regress/README @@ -193,14 +193,16 @@ mapping file, which is "resultmap". Each line in the mapping file is of the form - testname/platformnamepattern=comparisonfilename + testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename The test name is just the name of the particular regression test -module. The platform name pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1) -(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the -start). It is matched against the platform name as printed by -config.guess. The comparison file name is the name of the substitute -result comparison file. +module. The platform pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1) +(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the start). +It is matched against the platform name as printed by config.guess +followed by ":gcc" or ":cc", depending on whether you use the GNU compiler +or the system's native compiler (on systems where there is a difference). +The comparison file name is the name of the substitute result comparison +file. For example: the int2 regress test includes a deliberate entry of a value that is too large to fit in int2. The specific error message |