Commit 9c496846 authored by Andres Freund's avatar Andres Freund

doc: mention PROVE_TESTS in section of TAP tests.

Author: Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180217140305.GB31338@paquier.xyz
parent a8860908
......@@ -675,6 +675,17 @@ make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--timer'
See the manual page of <command>prove</command> for more information.
</para>
<para>
The <command>make</command> variable <varname>PROVE_TESTS</varname>
can be used to define a whitespace-separated list of paths relative
to the <filename>Makefile</filename> invoking <command>prove</command>
to run the specified subset of tests instead of the default
<filename>t/*.pl</filename>. For example:
<programlisting>
make check PROVE_TESTS='t/001_test1.pl t/003_test3.pl'
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
The TAP tests require the Perl module <literal>IPC::Run</literal>.
This module is available from CPAN or an operating system package.
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