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Tweak resultmap documentation, add to README too.

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Tom Lane
2000-11-22 00:58:47 +00:00
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@ -193,14 +193,16 @@ mapping file, which is "resultmap".
Each line in the mapping file is of the form
testname/platformnamepattern=comparisonfilename
testname/platformpattern=comparisonfilename
The test name is just the name of the particular regression test
module. The platform name pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1)
(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the
start). It is matched against the platform name as printed by
config.guess. The comparison file name is the name of the substitute
result comparison file.
module. The platform pattern is a pattern in the style of expr(1)
(that is, a regular expression with an implicit ^ anchor at the start).
It is matched against the platform name as printed by config.guess
followed by ":gcc" or ":cc", depending on whether you use the GNU compiler
or the system's native compiler (on systems where there is a difference).
The comparison file name is the name of the substitute result comparison
file.
For example: the int2 regress test includes a deliberate entry of a
value that is too large to fit in int2. The specific error message