Re: tap tests remove working directories

On 08/09/2015 08:41 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> On 08/08/2015 09:31 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> <shot-in-the-dark>
>>>
>>> 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.
> 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.

See attached. If you have a better idea please post your patch.

cheers

andrew