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Install Issues with Docker PG container could use Install Notes

Open jed-walker-icd opened this issue 4 years ago • 1 comments

Hi, I’m working a project where I develop locally using a PostgreSQL docker container. Doing the install, I ran into errors that are apparently because I’ve installed pgtap in my ubuntu not in the Docker PG container. It would sure be nice if the install instructions made a note about that. David Wheeler provided me the solution which makes sense (just haven't had time to test it out) This google group discussion has the details. https://groups.google.com/g/pgtap-users/c/4rQCm5NAWIc

jed-walker-icd avatar Oct 01 '21 23:10 jed-walker-icd

Does this seem sufficient?

--- a/doc/pgtap.mmd
+++ b/doc/pgtap.mmd
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Installation
 ============
 
 pgTAP must be installed on a host with PostgreSQL server running; it cannot
-be installed remotely.
+be installed remotely. If you're using PostgreSQL in Docker, you need to install
+pgTAP inside the Docker container.
 
 To install pgTAP into a PostgreSQL database, just do this:
 

theory avatar Apr 17 '22 21:04 theory