[asdf-devel] Tests now leave files behind

[Robert Goldman]

On 3/15/10 Mar 15 -10:11 PM, Faré wrote:
> I think that we should turn relocation on, and make it happen in a
> known temporary directory (e.g. tmp/fasls/) that we can remove
> afterwards.
> 
> janderson's test also creates files, that should be made to exist
> under same tmp/ directory.
> 
> Will you do that? Otherwise, I'll do it later this or next week.

I'll see if I can figure it out.  It would probably be good for me to
figure out how the output-translations work.

Is this a job for "translate ALL the binaries" under lisp control or
should we put one of those local relocation specifier files into the
tests directory, and do this that way?

thanks,
r

> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 15 March 2010 22:07, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:
>> I find that the tests don't clean up after themselves.  The tests now
>> leave behind .fasl files in ~/.cache/common-lisp/**/...
>>
>> This is not a directory structure I ever used before, nor is it one I
>> ever intended to use.  I /believe/ that the tests used to tidy up the
>> fasls they created.
>>
>> I think either the ASDF fasl relocation facility should be turned off,
>> or we need to provide a new clean up facility.  I would prefer the
>> former (except for tests that explicitly test the facility, preferably
>> into /tmp rather than into the user's homedir).
>>
>> Best,
>> r
>>
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