Re: Permission errors testing with /tmp/xx

[James Chang]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

On 7/20/15 6:15 PM, James Chang wrote:

>     > I recently ran into an odd issue running the testsuite for bash. After
>     > running the scripts, /tmp/xx isn't deleted, and another user can't run the
>     > testsuite due to permission errors. Is it possible to specify bash not to
>     > use /tmp/xx?
>
>     If it's a problem for you, you can add `rm /tmp/xx' to the end of
>     tests/run-all without waiting for me to make a change.
>
>
> Patched and fixed the issue, but are there actually plans to change the
> tests using /tmp/xx?

Yes, eventually.  Keep in mind that the presence of /tmp/xx indicates that
there's something you should look at, since the test scripts remove that
file themselves on success, and the last test (vredir) does an explicit
`exit 0' that will cause its removal.

Chet

Great, thanks for all the replies. I know this is not a big issue, just a bit annoying in our workspaces.

-- James

 

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