From e39c4afcfa0fb2c708e49e54089118d9b4ba5f89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:43:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix potential platform dependence in gist regression test.

The results of the KNN-search test cases were indeterminate, as they asked
the system to sort pairs of points that are exactly equidistant from the
query reference point.  It's a bit surprising that we've seen no
platform-specific failures from this in the buildfarm.  Perhaps IEEE-float
math is well enough standardized that no such failures will ever occur on
supported platforms ... but since this entire regression test has yet to be
shipped in any non-alpha release, that seems like an unduly optimistic
assumption.  Tweak the queries so that the correct output is uniquely
defined.

(The other queries in this test are also underdetermined; but it looks like
they are regurgitating index rows in insertion order, so for the moment
assume that that behavior is stable enough.)

Per Greg Stark's experiments with VAX.  Back-patch to 9.5 where this test
script was introduced.
---
 src/test/regress/expected/gist.out | 16 ++++++++--------
 src/test/regress/sql/gist.sql      |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/gist.out b/src/test/regress/expected/gist.out
index 1c32612d5bc..c7181b0397e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/gist.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/gist.out
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5));
 -- Also test an index-only knn-search
 explain (costs off)
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
+order by p <-> point(0.201, 0.201);
                        QUERY PLAN                       
 --------------------------------------------------------
  Index Only Scan using gist_tbl_point_index on gist_tbl
    Index Cond: (p <@ '(0.5,0.5),(0,0)'::box)
-   Order By: (p <-> '(0.2,0.2)'::point)
+   Order By: (p <-> '(0.201,0.201)'::point)
 (3 rows)
 
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
+order by p <-> point(0.201, 0.201);
       p      
 -------------
  (0.2,0.2)
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
  (0.1,0.1)
  (0.35,0.35)
  (0.05,0.05)
- (0,0)
  (0.4,0.4)
+ (0,0)
  (0.45,0.45)
  (0.5,0.5)
 (11 rows)
@@ -89,23 +89,23 @@ order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
 -- Check commuted case as well
 explain (costs off)
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by point(0.1, 0.1) <-> p;
+order by point(0.101, 0.101) <-> p;
                        QUERY PLAN                       
 --------------------------------------------------------
  Index Only Scan using gist_tbl_point_index on gist_tbl
    Index Cond: (p <@ '(0.5,0.5),(0,0)'::box)
-   Order By: (p <-> '(0.1,0.1)'::point)
+   Order By: (p <-> '(0.101,0.101)'::point)
 (3 rows)
 
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by point(0.1, 0.1) <-> p;
+order by point(0.101, 0.101) <-> p;
       p      
 -------------
  (0.1,0.1)
  (0.15,0.15)
  (0.05,0.05)
- (0,0)
  (0.2,0.2)
+ (0,0)
  (0.25,0.25)
  (0.3,0.3)
  (0.35,0.35)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/gist.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/gist.sql
index 7aa688ef421..9d4ff1e97e9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/gist.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/gist.sql
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5));
 -- Also test an index-only knn-search
 explain (costs off)
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
+order by p <-> point(0.201, 0.201);
 
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by p <-> point(0.2, 0.2);
+order by p <-> point(0.201, 0.201);
 
 -- Check commuted case as well
 explain (costs off)
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by point(0.1, 0.1) <-> p;
+order by point(0.101, 0.101) <-> p;
 
 select p from gist_tbl where p <@ box(point(0,0), point(0.5, 0.5))
-order by point(0.1, 0.1) <-> p;
+order by point(0.101, 0.101) <-> p;
 
 drop index gist_tbl_point_index;
 
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