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Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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There have been a number of discussions about other testing frameworks
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Keep in mind the Makefiles do not have the proper dependencies for
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include files. You have to do a make clean and then another make. If
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you are using GCC you can use the --enable-depend option of configure
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to have the compiler compute the dependencies automatically.
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1.9) What tools are available for developers?
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First, all the files in the src/tools directory are designed for

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<H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for
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PostgreSQL</H1>
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<P>Last updated: Sat Apr 23 14:57:40 EDT 2005</P>
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<P>Last updated: Sat Apr 23 16:52:14 EDT 2005</P>
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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<P>There have been a number of discussions about other testing
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frameworks and some developers are exploring these ideas.</P>
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<P>Keep in mind the <I>Makefiles</I> do not have the proper
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dependencies for include files. You have to do a <I>make clean</I>
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and then another <I>make</I>. If you are using <SMALL>GCC</SMALL>
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you can use the <I>--enable-depend</I> option of <I>configure</I>
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to have the compiler compute the dependencies automatically.</P>
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<H3><A name="1.9">1.9</A>) What tools are available for
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developers?</H3>
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