Commit 6ee89952 authored by Andrew Gierth's avatar Andrew Gierth

Remove float8-small-is-zero regression test variant.

Since this was also the variant used as an example in the docs, update
the docs to use float4-misrounded-input as an example instead, since
that is now the only remaining variant file.
parent 48e24ba6
...@@ -653,22 +653,21 @@ testname:output:platformpattern=comparisonfilename ...@@ -653,22 +653,21 @@ testname:output:platformpattern=comparisonfilename
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
For example: some systems interpret very small floating-point values For example: some systems lack a working <literal>strtof</literal> function,
as zero, rather than reporting an underflow error. This causes a for which our workaround causes rounding errors in the
few differences in the <filename>float8</filename> regression test. <filename>float4</filename> regression test.
Therefore, we provide a variant comparison file, Therefore, we provide a variant comparison file,
<filename>float8-small-is-zero.out</filename>, which includes <filename>float4-misrounded-input.out</filename>, which includes
the results to be expected on these systems. To silence the bogus the results to be expected on these systems. To silence the bogus
<quote>failure</quote> message on <systemitem>OpenBSD</systemitem> <quote>failure</quote> message on <systemitem>HP-UX 10</systemitem>
platforms, <filename>resultmap</filename> includes: platforms, <filename>resultmap</filename> includes:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
float8:out:i.86-.*-openbsd=float8-small-is-zero.out float4:out:hppa.*-hp-hpux10.*=float4-misrounded-input.out
</programlisting> </programlisting>
which will trigger on any machine where the output of which will trigger on any machine where the output of
<command>config.guess</command> matches <literal>i.86-.*-openbsd</literal>. <command>config.guess</command> matches <literal>hppa.*-hp-hpux10.*</literal>.
Other lines Other lines in <filename>resultmap</filename> select the variant comparison
in <filename>resultmap</filename> select the variant comparison file for other file for other platforms where it's appropriate.
platforms where it's appropriate.
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