From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:12:30 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc: Mention --enable-tap-tests in regression test chapter
X-Git-Tag: REL_10_BETA1~458
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66b764341ba12206f01e2600713bdc3abdb070b3;p=postgresql

doc: Mention --enable-tap-tests in regression test chapter

Reported-by: Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
index b9d1af8707..8229528bd4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ make installcheck-world
    <literal>ecpg1_regression</>, or <literal>ecpg2_regression</>, as well as
    <literal>regression</>.
   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   The TAP tests are only run 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>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>