Re: tap tests remove working directories

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
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> On 08/09/2015 08:41 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
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>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 08/08/2015 09:31 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> That certainly isn't what happens, and given the way this is done in
>>>>> TestLib.pm, using the CLEANUP parameter of File::Temp's tempdir()
>>>>> function,
>>>>> it's not clear how we could do that easily.
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>>>> <shot-in-the-dark>
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>>>> Set cleanup to false and manually remove the directory later in the
>>>> code, so that stuff runs only if we haven't died sooner?
>>>>
>>>> </shot-in-the-dark>
>>>>
>>> Yeah, maybe. I'm thinking of trying to do it more globally, like in
>>> src/Makefile.global.in. That way we wouldn't have to add new code to
>>> every
>>> test file.
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>> If we rely on END to clean up the temporary data folder, there is no
>> need to impact each test file, just the test functions called in
>> TestLib.pm that could switch a flag to not perform any cleanup at the
>> end of the run should an unexpected result be found. Now I am as well
>> curious to see what you have in mind with manipulating
>> Makefile.global.
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> See attached. If you have a better idea please post your patch.

Sure. Attached is what I have in mind. Contrary to your version we
keep around temp paths should a run succeed after one that has failed
when running make check multiple times in a row. Perhaps it does not
matter much in practice as log files get removed at each new run but I
think that this allows a finer control in case of failure. Feel free
to have a look.
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Michael