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+    Various tests, particularly the client program tests
+    under <code class="filename">src/bin</code>, use the Perl TAP tools and are run
+    using the Perl testing program <code class="command">prove</code>.  You can pass
+    command-line options to <code class="command">prove</code> by setting
+    the <code class="command">make</code> variable <code class="varname">PROVE_FLAGS</code>, for example:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+make -C src/bin check PROVE_FLAGS='--timer'
+</pre><p>
+    See the manual page of <code class="command">prove</code> for more information.
+   </p><p>
+    The <code class="command">make</code> variable <code class="varname">PROVE_TESTS</code>
+    can be used to define a whitespace-separated list of paths relative
+    to the <code class="filename">Makefile</code> invoking <code class="command">prove</code>
+    to run the specified subset of tests instead of the default
+    <code class="filename">t/*.pl</code>.  For example:
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+make check PROVE_TESTS='t/001_test1.pl t/003_test3.pl'
+</pre><p>
+   </p><p>
+    The TAP tests require the Perl module <code class="literal">IPC::Run</code>.
+    This module is available from CPAN or an operating system package.
+    They also require <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> to be
+    configured with the option <code class="option">--enable-tap-tests</code>.
+   </p><p>
+    Generically speaking, the TAP tests will test the executables in a
+    previously-installed installation tree if you say <code class="literal">make
+    installcheck</code>, or will build a new local installation tree from
+    current sources if you say <code class="literal">make check</code>.  In either
+    case they will initialize a local instance (data directory) and
+    transiently run a server in it.  Some of these tests run more than one
+    server.  Thus, these tests can be fairly resource-intensive.
+   </p><p>
+    It's important to realize that the TAP tests will start test server(s)
+    even when you say <code class="literal">make installcheck</code>; this is unlike
+    the traditional non-TAP testing infrastructure, which expects to use an
+    already-running test server in that case.  Some PostgreSQL
+    subdirectories contain both traditional-style and TAP-style tests,
+    meaning that <code class="literal">make installcheck</code> will produce a mix of
+    results from temporary servers and the already-running test server.
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