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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 |