Re: Issue with plpython write_file and read_file tests

"Jim C. Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> writes:
> Setting up the buildfarm on a machine I've discovered an issue with the
> plpython write_file and read_file tests. The problem can be seen at
> http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=platypus&dt=2005-06-20%2018:15:00
> The specific issue is that the test doesn't clean up after itself,
> leaving /tmp/plpython behind. This raised it's ugly head when I tested
> the buildfarm stuff as one user and then switched to using a different
> user.

> What would be the best way to handle this?

Remove that test altogether. It'd only be sane in a test of a trusted
plpython language, which we have not got now. I would imagine that the
original writer of the code never expected the write to succeed at all.

regards, tom lane