Commit 260ba852 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Doc: remove claim that PROVE_FLAGS defaults to '--verbose'.

Commit e9c81b60 changed this, but missed updating the documentation.
The adjacent claim that we use TAP tests only in src/bin seems pretty
obsolete as well.  Minor other copy-editing.
parent 3834abe9
......@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ make installcheck-world
</para>
<para>
The TAP tests are only run when PostgreSQL was configured with the
The TAP-based tests are run only when PostgreSQL was configured with the
option <option>--enable-tap-tests</option>. This is recommended for
development, but can be omitted if there is no suitable Perl installation.
</para>
......@@ -664,20 +664,19 @@ float8:out:i.86-.*-openbsd=float8-small-is-zero.out
<title>TAP Tests</title>
<para>
The client program tests under <filename>src/bin</filename> use the Perl
TAP tools and are run by <command>prove</command>. You can pass
Various tests, particularly the client program tests
under <filename>src/bin</filename>, use the Perl TAP tools and are run
using the Perl testing program <command>prove</command>. You can pass
command-line options to <command>prove</command> by setting
the <command>make</command> variable <varname>PROVE_FLAGS</>, for example:
<programlisting>
make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--reverse'
make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--timer'
</programlisting>
The default is <literal>--verbose</literal>. See the manual page
of <command>prove</command> for more information.
See the manual page of <command>prove</command> for more information.
</para>
<para>
The tests written in Perl require the Perl
module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>.
The TAP tests require the Perl module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>.
This module is available from CPAN or an operating system package.
</para>
</sect1>
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