Message 291965 - Python tracker

Message291965

Author	vstinner
Recipients	serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2017-04-20.11:49:58
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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: > I'm wondering if the user site directory should be removed in tearDownModule(). Writing into $HOME/.local is just completely wrong :-) The test suite must not modify the "system". On a buildbot, $HOME is the root directory / and so the test is skipped since the buildbot user is not allowed to create /.local. If you want to enhance the code: setUpModule() should mock $HOME to use a temporary directory.

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:
> I'm wondering if the user site directory should be removed in tearDownModule().

Writing into $HOME/.local is just completely wrong :-) The test suite
must not modify the "system".

On a buildbot, $HOME is the root directory / and so the test is
skipped since the buildbot user is not allowed to create /.local.

If you want to enhance the code: setUpModule() should mock $HOME to
use a temporary directory.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2017-04-20 11:49:58	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, serhiy.storchaka
2017-04-20 11:49:58	vstinner	link	issue30108 messages
2017-04-20 11:49:58	vstinner	create