[Python-Dev] Committing bsddb 4.6.4, and where can I put testsuite temp files?

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Jesus Cea <jcea at jcea.es> wrote:
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>  I just committed pybsddb 4.6.4 to python svn. My next step (after a
>  successfull buildbot cycle, I hope!) is to commit the new testsuite.
>  First I need to review any changes there since I maintain pybsddb.
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>  The testsuite creates a lot of files/directories while working. Fine,
>  since it cleans later, unless some test crashes hard. My testcode
>  defines a variable to the path I want to use to keep those files/dirs.
>  Currently it is "/tmp/z-BerkeleyDB", or something like that.
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>  Since my code allows for testcases to be run in multiple threads and/or
>  processes, where would be a sensible path choice for temporal files?.
>  Current working directory would be fine, if "somebody" is cleaning after
>  running all tests.
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It is up to the tests to clean up after themselves since they can be
executed directly, so there is not magical location that gets cleaned
up in case a test screws up. You can use test.test_support.TESTFN if
you want a location. Or something from tempfile.

-Brett