Re: Temp files from testing are permanent...

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>]

Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen@avasys.jp> writes:
> Successful tests can clean up after themselves but failed tests should
> not so you can debug.  The decision to remove these files should be left
> to whoever runs the test suite.  That implies that even successful tests
> don't really have to bother cleaning up after themselves.

As hinted at in another post yesterday, I did browse the test suite code
briefly.  The tests try to clean up after themselves, sort-of — the
trouble is that they leave tangled files and results produced during
suceesful tests.

> If you use `make check` to run the test suite, you can easily set TMPDIR
> via the TESTS_ENVIRONMENT Makefile variable (assuming that that variable
> is taken into account when making unique file names).  Something like

Yes, that's about the same conclusion I also reached.  Not sure when
I'll have time to implement and test it.


Regards,
Achim.
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