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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Dilip Kumar <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Remove error message hints mentioning configure options
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 09:49:01 -0400
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Andres Freund <[email protected]> writes:
> On 2022-04-07 09:19:14 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I think these hints are usually not useful since users will use packaged
>> distributions and won't be interested in rebuilding their installation from
>> source.

> +1

+1, those hints are from another era.

> The xml stuff is at least old, but compression_1 isn't. I think we've tried to
> avoid long alternative output files where everything fails due to being
> unsupported for a while now? Robert, Dilip? See uses of :skip_test in various
> tests.

Agreed, we have a better technology now for stub test results.  Come
to think of it, xml.sql really ought to be redone along the same lines.

			regards, tom lane

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